Psalms 137:8
6 If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
7 Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.
O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
9 Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us.
- KJV
- O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
- WEB
- Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, he will be happy who repays you, as you have done to us.
- ASV
- O daughter of Babylon, that art to be destroyed, Happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee As thou hast served us.
- DARBY
- Daughter of Babylon, who art to be laid waste, happy he that rendereth unto thee that which thou hast meted out to us.
- BLB
- O Daughter of Babylon, O destroyed one, blessed [is] he who repays to you, dealing with you as you have dealt with us!
- ÅB
- Babels datter, du ødelagte! Lykksalig er den som gir deg gjengjeld for den gjerning du gjorde mot oss.
- OTB
- Babels datter, du ødelagte,
Velsignet er den som gjengjelder deg
Med den gjengjeldelsen du har gitt oss. - B1930
- Babels datter, du ødelagte! Lykksalig er den som gir dig gjengjeld for den gjerning du gjorde mot oss.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Revelation 18:6
Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.
Read in contextJeremiah 25:12–14
And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the LORD, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations.
Read in contextIsaiah 14:4–24
That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!
Read in contextRevelation 14:8–11
And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.
Read in contextIsaiah 21:1
The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.
Read in contextIsaiah 47:1–15
Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.
Read in contextJeremiah 50:1–51:64
The word that the LORD spake against Babylon and against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet.
Read in contextIsaiah 44:28
That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.
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