{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/erv/psalms/137","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-31T11:37:04.766Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ERV","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":137,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":136,"nextChapter":138,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":9},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Upon the willows in the midst thereof we hanged up our harps."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For there they that led us captive required of us songs, and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a strange land?"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if I remember thee not; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Remember, O LORD, against the children of Edom the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"O daughter of Babylon, that art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the rock."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 137 (ERV)","markdown":"[Psalms 137](https://primebible.com/erv/psalms/137)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/psalms/137 (accessed 2026-05-31)."}}