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Psalm 137:8–9

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8O daughter of Babylon, you adevastated one,

How blessed will be the one who brepays you

With 1the recompense with which you have recompensed us.

9How blessed will be the one who seizes and adashes your infants

Against the cliff.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Lit your

Cross references

  1. aIs 13:1–22; 47:1–15; Jer 25:12; 50:1–46; 51:1–64
  2. bJer 50:15; 51:24, 35, 36, 49; Rev 18:6
  3. a2 Kin 8:12; Is 13:16; Hos 13:16; Nah 3:10

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

O daughter of Babylon, doomed to be destroyed,

blessed shall he be who repays you

with what you have done to us!

Blessed shall he be who takes your little ones

and dashes them against the rock!

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction,

happy is the one who repays you

according to what you have done to us.

Happy is the one who seizes your infants

and dashes them against the rocks.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction,

happy is the one who pays you back

what you have done to us.

Happy is he who takes your little ones

and dashes them against the rocks.

NLTNew Living Translation

O Babylon, you will be destroyed.

Happy is the one who pays you back

for what you have done to us.

Happy is the one who takes your babies

and smashes them against the rocks!

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

O daughter of Babylon, about to be devastated,

happy shall be he who pays back to you

what you paid out to us.

Happy shall be he who seizes

and smashes your children

against the rock.

KJV 1900King James Version

O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed;

Happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee

As thou hast served us.

Happy shall he be, that taketh

And dasheth thy little ones against the stones.