Psalms 137:7-8

137:7 Remember, O Lord, what the Edomites did

on the day Jerusalem fell. ¹ 

They said, “Tear it down, tear it down, ² 

right to its very foundation!”

137:8 O daughter Babylon, soon to be devastated! ³ 

How blessed will be the one who repays you

for what you dished out to us! ⁴ 

[137:7]  ¹ tn Heb “remember, O Lord, against the sons of Edom, the day of Jerusalem.”

[137:7]  ² tn Heb “lay [it] bare, lay [it] bare.”

[137:8]  ³ tn Heb “O devastated daughter of Babylon.” The psalmist dramatically anticipates Babylon’s demise.

[137:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “O the happiness of the one who repays you your wage which you paid to us.”