Psalm 137–138

Psalm 137

^1*By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept,

When we remembered Zion.

²We hanged our harps

Upon the ^awillows in the midst thereof.

³For there they that carried us away captive required of us ^†a song;

And they that ^†wasted us required of us mirth,

Saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.

^4bHow shall we sing the Lord’s song

In a ^†strange land?

⁵If I forget thee, O Jerusalem,

^bbLet my right hand forget her cunning.

⁶If I do not remember thee,

Let my ^ctongue cleave to the roof of my mouth;

If I prefer not Jerusalem above ^†my chief joy.

⁷Remember, O Lord, ^dthe children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem;

Who said, ^†Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.

⁸O daughter of Babylon, ^ewho art to be ^†destroyed;

Happy shall he be, ^†gthat ^hrewardeth thee

As thou hast served us.

⁹Happy shall he be, that taketh

And ⁱdasheth thy little ones against ^†the stones.

Psalm 138

A Psalm of David.

¹I will praise thee with my whole heart:

^aBefore the gods will I sing praise unto thee.

²I will worship ^btoward ^cthy holy temple,

And praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth:

For thou hast ^dmagnified ^ethy word above all thy name.

³In the day when I cried thou answeredst me,

And ^fstrengthenedst me with strength in my soul.

^4gAll the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O Lord,

When they hear the words of thy mouth.

⁵Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the Lord:

For great is the glory of the Lord.

^6hThough the Lord be high, yet ^hihath he respect unto the lowly:

But ⁱthe proud he knoweth afar off.

^7kThough I walk in the midst of trouble, ^lthou wilt revive me:

Thou shalt ^mstretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies,

And thy right hand shall save me.

⁸The Lord will ⁿperfect that which concerneth me:

^oThy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever:

Forsake not ^pthe works of thine own hands.