{"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/ylt/psalms/137","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-17T09:41:19.593Z"},"reference":{"translation":"YLT","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":137,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":136,"nextChapter":138,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":9},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"By rivers of Babylon — There we did sit, Yea, we wept when we remembered Zion."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"On willows in its midst we hung our harps."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For there our captors asked us the words of a song, And our spoilers — joy: 'Sing ye to us of a song of Zion.'"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"How do we sing the song of Jehovah, On the land of a stranger?"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, my right hand forgetteth!"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"My tongue doth cleave to my palate, If I do not remember thee, If I do not exalt Jerusalem above my chief joy."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Remember, Jehovah, for the sons of Edom, The day of Jerusalem, Those saying, 'Rase, rase to its foundation!'"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"O daughter of Babylon, O destroyed one, O the happiness of him who repayeth to thee thy deed, That thou hast done to us."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"O the happiness of him who doth seize, And hath dashed thy sucklings on the rock!"}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 137 (YLT)","markdown":"[Psalms 137](https://primebible.com/ylt/psalms/137)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* YLT. https://primebible.com/ylt/psalms/137 (accessed 2026-06-17)."}}