Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARY
Watchtower
ONLINE LIBRARY
English
  • BIBLE
  • PUBLICATIONS
  • MEETINGS
  • Psalm 137
  • The Bible in Living English

No video available for this selection.

Sorry, there was an error loading the video.

Psalm 137:1

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    “All Scripture,” p. 104

    Worldwide Security, pp. 139-140, 145

  • Publications Index

    si 104; ws 139, 145

Psalm 137:2

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 653

    Awake!,

    2/2007, p. 11

  • Publications Index

    it-2 653; g 2/07 11

Psalm 137:3

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Pure Worship, p. 96

    Worldwide Security, pp. 139-140

  • Publications Index

    rr 96; ws 139-140;

    bf 247

Psalm 137:4

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Worldwide Security, pp. 139-140

  • Publications Index

    ws 139-140;

    w65 52

Psalm 137:5

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Worldwide Security, pp. 141-142, 147

  • Publications Index

    ws 141-142, 147

Psalm 137:6

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    10/15/1998, pp. 13-14

    Worldwide Security, pp. 141-142, 147

  • Publications Index

    w98 10/15 13-14; ws 141-142, 147;

    bf 171

Psalm 137:7

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    “All Scripture,” p. 151

    Worldwide Security, pp. 124, 147-148

  • Publications Index

    si 151; ws 124, 147-148;

    bf 349; w49 255

Psalm 137:8

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Worldwide Security, pp. 148-151

  • Publications Index

    ws 148-151;

    w80 5/15 20-21; w65 55; w64 756; bf 171, 196; w49 298; lt-2-30 93

Psalm 137:9

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Worldwide Security, pp. 148-151

  • Publications Index

    ws 148-151;

    w80 5/15 20-21; w65 55; bf 196; w49 298; v-1 316; lt-2-30 93

Parallel Translations

Click a verse number to display parallel Bible verses.
  • The Bible in Living English
  • Read in Study Bible (nwtsty)
  • Read in New World Translation (nwt)
  • Read in Reference Bible (Rbi8)
  • Read in American Standard Version (bi22)
  • Read in Rotherham (rh)
  • Read in King James Version (bi10)
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
The Bible in Living English
Psalm 137:1-9

Psalms

137 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down,

wept withal, when we remembered Sion.

2 Within it we hung our lyres

on poplar trees,

3 Because there our captors asked us for words of song

and our persecutors for merrymaking,

“Sing us some of the songs of Sion.”

4 How are we to sing Jehovah’s song

on foreign soil?

5 If I forget you, Jerusalem,

may my right hand forget how to work!

6 May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember,

if I do not put Jerusalem higher than the peak of my happiness.

7 Remember Jerusalem’s day, Jehovah, for the sons of Edom,

those who said “Clear it off, clear it off, to the foundation of it.”

8 Doomed daughter of Babylon,

happy he who shall pay you back

the treatment you have given us!

9 Happy he who shall take

and dash out against the crags the brains of the children that play

about in you!

English Publications (1950-2026)
Log Out
Log In
  • English
  • Share
  • Preferences
  • Copyright © 2025 Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania
  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy Policy
  • Privacy Settings
  • JW.ORG
  • Log In
Share