7Remember, O Lord , what the Edomites did on the day Jerusalem fell. "Tear it down," they cried, "tear it down to its foundations!"


In Context

4 How can we sing the songs of the Lord while in a foreign land?

5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill .

6 May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not consider Jerusalem my highest joy.

7 Remember, O Lord , what the Edomites did on the day Jerusalem fell. "Tear it down," they cried, "tear it down to its foundations!"

8 O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, happy is he who repays you for what you have done to us-

9 he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.

Psalms 137:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

137:7Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase [it,] rase [it, even] to the foundation thereof.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

137:7Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom, in the day of Jerusalem: Who say: Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

137:7Remember, O Jehovah, against the children of Edom The day of Jerusalem; Who said, Rase it, rase it, Even to the foundation thereof.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

137:7Remember, O Jehovah, against the sons of Edom, the day of Jerusalem; who said, Lay it bare, Lay it bare, down to its foundation!

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

137:7Remember, O LORD, against the children of Edom the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

137:7Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Raze it, raze it, even to its foundation.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

137:7Remember, Yahweh, against the children of Edom, the day of Jerusalem; who said, |Raze it! Raze it even to its foundation!|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

137:7Remember, Jehovah, for the sons of Edom, The day of Jerusalem, Those saying, 'Rase, rase to its foundation!'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

137:7Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Raze it, raze it, even to the foundation thereof.