Verse List for PSA 137:1

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OET (OET-RV) We sat beside the rivers in Babylon— ⇔ sat and wept when we thought about Tsiyyon (Zion).

OET-LV At the _rivers _of Bāⱱel there we _sat also we _wept when_remembered_we DOM Tsiyyōn/(Zion).

ULT By the rivers of Babylon, ⇔  there we sat down, also we wept, ⇔  when we remembered Zion.

UST After soldiers had taken us to Babylon, we sat down by the rivers there, ⇔ and we cried when we thought about the temple on Mount Zion in Jerusalem.

BSB & MSB By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept ⇔  when we remembered Zion.

OEB By the waters of Babylon there we sat, ⇔  and we wept at the thought of Zion.

WEBBE & WMBB By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down. ⇔  Yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion.

NET By the rivers of Babylon ⇔ we sit down and weep ⇔ when we remember Zion.

LSV By rivers of Babylon—There we sat,
Indeed, we wept when we remembered Zion.

FBV When we sat down by the rivers of Babylon we wept as we remembered Zion.

T4T When we had been taken to Babylonia, far from Jerusalem, ⇔ we sat down by the rivers there, ⇔  and we cried when we thought about the temple on Zion Hill in Jerusalem.

LEB
• By the rivers of Babylon,
• there we sat, yes, we wept,
• when we remembered Zion.

BBE By the rivers of Babylon we were seated, weeping at the memory of Zion,

Moff By the streams of Babylon, there we sat ⇔  and wept at the thought of Sion!

JPS By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.

ASV By the rivers of Babylon, ⇔ There we sat down, yea, we wept, ⇔ When we remembered Zion.

DRA I will praise thee, O lord, with my whole heart: for thou hast heard the words of my mouth. I will sing praise to thee in the sight of his angels:

YLT By rivers of Babylon — There we did sit, Yea, we wept when we remembered Zion.

Drby By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down; yea, we wept when we remembered Zion.

RV By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.

SLT By the rivers of Babel, there we sat down: also we wept in our remembering Zion.

Wbstr By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion.

KJB-1769 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.

KJB-1611 ¶ By the riuers of Babylon, there wee sate downe, yea we wept: when we remembred Zion.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps By the waters of Babylon we sat downe there: also we wept when we remembred Sion.
(By the waters of Babylon we sat down there: also we wept when we remembered Zion.)

Gnva By the riuers of Babel we sate, and there wee wept, when we remembred Zion.
(By the rivers of Babel we sat, and there we wept, when we remembered Zion.)

Cvdl By the waters of Babilon we sat downe and wepte, when we remebred Sion.
(By the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept, when we remembered Zion.)

Wycl The `title of the hundrid and seuene and thrittithe salm. `To Dauith him silf. Lord, Y schal knouleche to thee in al myn herte; for thou herdist the wordis of my mouth. Mi God, Y schal singe to thee in the siyt of aungels;
(The title of the hundred and seven and thirtieth psalm. To David himself. Lord, I shall knowledge to thee/you in all mine heart; for thou/you heardest/heard the words of my mouth. My God, I shall singe to thee/you in the sight of angels;)

Luth An den Wassern zu Babel saßen wir und weineten, wenn wir an Zion gedachten.
(An the water to/for Babel sat we/us and cried, when we/us at/to Zion thought(v).)

ClVg Ipsi David. [Confitebor tibi, Domine, in toto corde meo, quoniam audisti verba oris mei. In conspectu angelorum psallam tibi;[fn]
(Himself David. [I_will_confess to_you, Master, in/into/on throughout heart mine, since/because you_heard words mouth my/mine. In in_sight of_messengers/angels to_dance to_you;)

UHB עַ֥ל נַהֲר֨וֹת ׀ בָּבֶ֗ל שָׁ֣ם יָ֭שַׁבְנוּ גַּם־בָּכִ֑ינוּ בְּ֝⁠זָכְרֵ֗⁠נוּ אֶת־צִיּֽוֹן׃ ‡

BrLXX Ψαλμὸς τῷ Δαυὶδ, Ἀγγαίου καὶ Ζαχαρίου.
¶  Ἐξομολογήσομαί σοι Κύριε ἐν ὅλῃ καρδίᾳ μου, καὶ ἐναντίον ἀγγέλων ψαλῶ σοι, ὅτι ἤκουσας πάντα τὰ ῥήματα τοῦ στόματός μου.

BrTr A Psalm for David, of Aggæus and Zacharias.
¶  I will give thee thanks, O Lord, with my whole heart; and I will sing psalms to thee before the angels; for thou hast heard all the words of my mouth.