{"reader_html":"<h1 class=\"chapter-heading\">The Book of Psalms<span class=\"chapter-label\">Chapter 137<\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><span class=\"dropcap-wrap\" data-v=\"1\"><span class=\"dropcap\" title=\"Compare verse 1 across translations\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,137,1,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">B<\/span>y the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"2\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,137,2,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">2<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"3\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,137,3,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">3<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"4\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,137,4,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">4<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">How shall we sing the LORD&#039;s song in a strange land?<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"5\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,137,5,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">5<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"6\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,137,6,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">6<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"7\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,137,7,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">7<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"8\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,137,8,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">8<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"9\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,137,9,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">9<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.<\/span> <\/p>\n<div class=\"bottom-nav\"><a href=\"\/kjv\/1\/19\/136\" class=\"nav-btn-lg nav-ajax\">&lsaquo; Previous<\/a><a href=\"\/kjv\/1\/19\/138\" class=\"nav-btn-lg nav-ajax\">Next &rsaquo;<\/a><\/div>\n","page_title":"The Book of Psalms, Chapter 137 — King James Version","book_title":"The Book of Psalms","toolbar_title":"The Book of Psalms — Ch. 137","prev_url":"\/kjv\/1\/19\/136","next_url":"\/kjv\/1\/19\/138","tid":1,"book_id":19,"chapter":137,"num_chapters":150,"trans":"KJV","is_rtl":false,"strongs_data":{},"bsb_glosses":{},"book_name":"Psalms","canonical_url":"https:\/\/accept.gift\/kjv\/1\/19\/137","meta_desc":"By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there they…"}