Psalm 137:8 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁸ O daughter of Babylon, that art to be destroyed; Happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee As thou hast served us.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; Happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ O Daughter of Babylon [you devastator, you!], who [ought to be and] shall be destroyed, happy and blessed shall he be who requites you as you have served us. [Isa. 13:1-22; Jer. 25:12, 13.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ O daughter of Babylon, that art to be destroyed, Happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee As thou hast served us.

Common English Bible

⁸ Daughter Babylon, you destroyer, a blessing on the one who pays you back the very deed you did to us!

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ The Lord will provide retribution on my behalf. O Lord, your mercy is forever. Do not disdain the works of your hands.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ The Lord will repay for me: thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever: O despise not the work of thy hands.

Psalm 137:8 Cross References

Isaiah 21:1

The burden of the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the South sweep through, it cometh from the wilderness, from a terrible land.

Isaiah 44:28

That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying of Jerusalem, She shall be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.

Jeremiah 50:1

The word that the LORD spake concerning Babylon, concerning the land of the Chaldeans, by Jeremiah the prophet.

Jeremiah 50:29

Call together the archers against Babylon, all them that bend the bow; camp against her round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her: for she hath been proud against the LORD, against the Holy One of Israel.

Zechariah 2:7

Ho Zion, escape, thou that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.

Revelation 18:20

Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye saints, and ye apostles, and ye prophets; for God hath judged your judgement on her.

Revelation 18:6

Render unto her even as she rendered, and double unto her the double according to her works: in the cup which she mingled, mingle unto her double.