Psalms 137:8
O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
Context
This verse from Psalms Chapter 137 connects to 10 cross-references. A lament of Babylonian exiles who hung their harps on willows, unable to sing the Lord's song in a foreign land. Those who demand songs of Zion receive the mournful question 'How shall we sing?' The psalm ends controversially with …
Other Translations
O daughter of Babylon, that art to be destroyed, Happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee As thou hast served us.
O daughter of Babylon, O destroyed one, O the happiness of him who repayeth to thee thy deed, That thou hast done to us.
O daughter of Babylon, whose fate is destruction; happy is the man who does to you what you have done to us.
Cross References
Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, even thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander …
Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, …
That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt …
The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the …
The Lord of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as …
That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the …
And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and …
The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.
And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon …
The word that the Lord spake against Babylon and against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet.