Psalms 137:8
O daughter of Babylon, who art wasted: happy he, that repayeth thee thy recompense for what thou hast done to us.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
9Happy he, that seizeth and dasheth thy babes against the rock.
Cross References
Isaiah 13:1The doom of Babylon, which Isaiah Amoz' son foresaw.
Isaiah 21:1The doom of the desert by the sea. As tempests in the south blow with fury; so doth it come from the desert, from a terrible land.
Isaiah 47:1Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon; sit on the ground, there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans; for men shall nevermore call thee, Tender and delicate.
Jeremiah 50:1The word that the Lord spoke concerning Babylon, concerning the land of the Chaldeans, by means of Jeremiah the prophet.
Zechariah 2:7(2:11) Up, Zion, escape, thou that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 137:8-9
The Sorrows of Captivity. 7 Remember, O Lord , the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof. 8 O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. 9 Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones. The pious Jews in Babylon, having afflicted themselves with the thoughts of the ruins of Jerusalem, here please themselves with the prospect of the ruin of her impenitent… Read the whole commentary →