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BrLXX Κύριε ἀνταποδώσεις ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ· Κύριε τὸ ἔλεός σου εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, τὰ ἔργα τῶν χειρῶν σου μὴ παρίδῃς.
(Kurie antapodōseis huper emou; Kurie to eleos sou eis ton aiōna, ta erga tōn ⱪeirōn sou maʸ paridaʸs. )

BrTr O Lord, thou shalt recompense them on my behalf: thy mercy, O Lord, endures for ever: overlook not the works of thine hands.

ULT Daughter of Babylon, who will be destroyed—
⇔ blessed be the one who repays you
⇔ for what you have done to us.

UST You people of Babylon, you will certainly be destroyed!
⇔ How fortunate are those who punish you for what you did to us;

BSB ⇔ O Daughter of Babylon,
⇔ doomed to destruction,
⇔ blessed is he who repays you
⇔ as you have done to us.

OEB ⇔ Babylon, despoiler,
⇔ happy are those who pay you back
⇔ for all you have done to us.

WEBBE Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction,
⇔ he will be happy who repays you,
⇔ as you have done to us.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET O daughter Babylon, soon to be devastated!
⇔ How blessed will be the one who repays you
⇔ for what you dished out to us!

LSV O daughter of Babylon, O destroyed one,
O the blessedness of him who repays to you your deed,
That you have done to us.

FBV Daughter of Babylon, you will be destroyed! Happy is the one who pays you back, who does to you what you did to us!

T4T ⇔ And you people of Babylon, you will certainly be destroyed!
⇔ Those who punish you in return for what you did to us will be happy;

LEB • happy shall be he who pays back to you • [fn]

137:? Literally “with what you treated us”

BBE O daughter of Babylon, whose fate is destruction; happy is the man who does to you what you have done to us.

Moff And you, Babylonians, you who plundered us,
⇔ a blessing on him who deals to you
⇔ all that you dealt to us!

JPS O daughter of Babylon, that art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that repayeth thee as thou hast served us.

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

DRA The Lord will repay for me: thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever: O despise not the work of thy hands.

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

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

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

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

KJB-1769 O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.[fn][fn]
(O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee/you as thou/you hast served us. )

137.8 destroyed: Heb. wasted

137.8 rewardeth…: Heb. recompenseth unto thee thy deed which thou didst to us

KJB-1611 [fn][fn][fn]O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed: happy shall he be that rewardeth thee, as thou hast serued vs.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

137:8 Obad. 12, 13.

137:8 Heb. wasted.

137:8 Heb. that recompenseth vnto thee thy deed which thou didst to vs.

Bshps O daughter of Babylon who must lye wasted: happy shall he be that rewardeth thee as thou hast serued vs.
(O daughter of Babylon who must lye wasted: happy shall he be that rewardeth thee/you as thou/you hast served us.)

Gnva O daughter of Babel, worthy to be destroyed, blessed shall he be that rewardeth thee, as thou hast serued vs.
(O daughter of Babel, worthy to be destroyed, blessed shall he be that rewardeth thee/you, as thou/you hast served us. )

Cvdl O doughter Babilo, thou shalt come to misery thy self: yee happie shal he be, that rewardeth ye as thou hast serued vs.
(O daughter Babilo, thou/you shalt come to misery thy/your self: ye/you_all happie shall he be, that rewardeth ye/you_all as thou/you hast served us.)

Wycl The Lord schal yelde for me, Lord, thi merci is with outen ende; dispise thou not the werkis of thin hondis.
(The Lord shall yelde for me, Lord, thy/your mercy is without ende; despise thou/you not the works of thin hands.)

Luth Du verstörte Tochter Babel, wohl dem, der dir vergelte, wie du uns getan hast!
(You verstörte Tochter Babel, probably to_him, the/of_the you/to_you vergelte, like you us/to_us/ourselves did hast!)

ClVg Dominus retribuet pro me. Domine, misericordia tua in sæculum; opera manuum tuarum ne despicias.][fn]
(Master retribuet for me. Domine, misericordia your in sæculum; opera manuum tuarum not despicias.] )

137.8 Retribuet. AUG. Quod ego non possum, etc., usque ad in quo princeps mundi peccatum non invenit, quare occideret.

137.8 Retribuet. AUG. That I not/no possum, etc., until to in quo prince mundi peccatum not/no invenit, quare occideret.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / apostrophe

General Information:

(Some words not found in UHB: daughter_of Babel the,doomed_to_destruction happy who,repays to/for=you(fs) DOM recompense,you what,done to/for=us )

General Information:

The psalmist addresses the people of Babylon as if they were there listening to him.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

Daughter of Babylon

(Some words not found in UHB: daughter_of Babel the,doomed_to_destruction happy who,repays to/for=you(fs) DOM recompense,you what,done to/for=us )

This represents the city of Babylon and its people.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

may the person be blessed

(Some words not found in UHB: daughter_of Babel the,doomed_to_destruction happy who,repays to/for=you(fs) DOM recompense,you what,done to/for=us )

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “may God bless the person”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

pays you back for what you have done to us

(Some words not found in UHB: daughter_of Babel the,doomed_to_destruction happy who,repays to/for=you(fs) DOM recompense,you what,done to/for=us )

The writer speaks of someone doing to others what they have done as if were payment. Alternate translation: “does to you what you did to us”

Parallel PSA 137:8

General Information: