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


In Context

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 137:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

137:8O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy [shall he be,] that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

137:8O daughter of Babylon, miserable: blessed shall he be who shall repay thee thy payment which thou hast paid us.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

137:8O daughter of Babylon, that art to be destroyed, Happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee As thou hast served us.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

137:8Daughter of Babylon, who art to be laid waste, happy he that rendereth unto thee that which thou hast meted out to us.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

137:8O daughter of Babylon, that art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

137:8O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

137:8Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, he will be happy who rewards you, as you have served us.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

137:8O daughter of Babylon, O destroyed one, O the happiness of him who repayeth to thee thy deed, That thou hast done to us.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

137:8O daughter of Babylon, who are to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewards you as you have served us.