Psalms, 137

1. By the waters of Babylon, there we sat down and wept, when we remembered Zion.

2. On the willows there we hung up our lyres.

3. For there our captors required of us songs, and our tormentors, mirth, saying, "Sing us one of the songs of Zion!"

4. How shall we sing the LORD's song in a foreign land?

5. If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand wither!

6. Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you, if I do not set Jerusalem above my highest joy!

7. Remember, O LORD, against the E'domites the day of Jerusalem, how they said, "Rase it, rase it! Down to its foundations!"

8. O daughter of Babylon, you devastator! Happy shall he be who requites you with what you have done to us!

9. Happy shall he be who takes your little ones and dashes them against the rock!

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Psalm 137 is a lamentation of the people of Israel, who is exiled in Babylon, far from their homeland and the temple of Jerusalem. They express their sadness and longing for Zion, the Holy City of God, which is now devastated. Below are five verses related to the topics covered in Psalm 137:

Isaiah 52:8: "Voices of their atalanes! They raise their voice together, because they see with their own eyes the return of the Lord to Zion." This verse speaks of the return of the people of Israel to Zion and the restoration of their land.

Lamentations 1:4: "The roads of Zion are sad because no one comes to the parties. All their doors are deserted; their priests sigh, their young women are sad, and she is in bitterness herself." This verse describes the sadness and loneliness of Zion after being destroyed by the Babylonians.

Jeremiah 51:50: "I heard, exiles, that they are far from my land! The Lord has judged Babylon and will silence it." This verse speaks of God's revenge against Babylon, which destroyed Jerusalem and led the people of Israel to exile.

Psalm 126:1: "When the Lord brought the captives back to Zion, we were like those who dream." This verse speaks of the joy and astonishment of the people of Israel when they were set free from exile and could return to Zion.

Ezekiel 11:17: "Therefore, say, Thus saith the Lord God, I will gather you among the peoples and gather them from the lands you are scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel." This verse speaks of God's promise to bring His people back to their land and restore them.

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