{"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/kjv/psalms/137","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-29T17:31:47.510Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","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":"We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us <i>required of us</i> mirth, <i>saying</i>, Sing us <i>one</i> 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 <i>her cunning</i>."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase <i>it</i>, rase <i>it, even</i> to the foundation thereof."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy <i>shall he be</i>, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Happy <i>shall he be</i>, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 137 (KJV)","markdown":"[Psalms 137](https://primebible.com/kjv/psalms/137)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/psalms/137 (accessed 2026-05-29)."}}