Psalms 137 - 138 — Legacy Standard Bible

We Wept When We Remembered Zion

137By the ^arivers of Babylon,There we sat and also ^bwept,When we remembered Zion.²Upon the ¹^,^awillows in the midst of itWe ^bhung our lyres.³For there our captors ^aasked us about the words of a song,And ^bour tormentors asked joyfully, saying,“Sing for us one of the songs of Zion.”⁴How can we sing a song of ^aYahwehIn a foreign land?⁵If I ^aforget you, O Jerusalem,May my right hand ¹forget her skill.⁶May my ^atongue cling to the roof of my mouthIf I do not remember you,If I do not ¹^,^bexalt JerusalemAbove my chief joy.⁷Remember, O Yahweh, against the sons of ^aEdomThe day of Jerusalem,Who said, “Tear it down! Tear it down^bTo its very foundation.”⁸O daughter of Babylon, you ^adevastated one,How blessed will be the one who ^brepays youWith ¹the recompense with which you have recompensed us.⁹How blessed will be the one who seizes and ^adashes your infantsAgainst the cliff.

I Will Give Thanks to Your Name

138

Of David.

^aI will give You thanks with all my heart;I will sing praises to You before the ^bgods.²I will worship ^atoward Your holy templeAnd ^bgive thanks to Your name for Your lovingkindness and Your ¹truth;For You have ^cmagnified Your ²word ³according to all Your name.³On the day I ^acalled, You answered me;You made me bold with ^bstrength in my soul.⁴^aAll the kings of the earth, O Yahweh, will give You thanks,When they hear the words of Your mouth.⁵And they will ^asing of the ways of Yahweh,For ^bgreat is the glory of Yahweh.⁶For ^aYahweh is high,Yet He ^bsees the lowly,But the ^cone who exalts himself He knows from afar.⁷Though I ^awalk in the midst of ¹distress, You will ²^,^brevive me;You will ^cstretch forth Your hand against the wrath of my enemies,And Your right hand will ^dsave me.⁸Yahweh will ^aaccomplish what concerns me;O Yahweh, Your ^blovingkindness endures forever;^cDo not fail the ^dworks of Your hands.