Psalms 137:8
O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
KJV
Dominus retribuet pro me. Domine, misericordia tua in sæculum ; opera manuum tuarum ne despicias.
Vulgate
Κύριε, ἀνταποδώσεις ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ· Κύριε, τὸ ἔλεός σου εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, Κύριε, τὰ ἔργα τῶν χειρῶν σου μὴ παρῇς.
LXX
O daughter of Babylon, that art to be destroyed, Happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee As thou hast served us.
ASV
בַּת בָּבֶ֗ל הַ/שְּׁד֫וּדָ֥ה אַשְׁרֵ֥י שֶׁ/יְשַׁלֶּם לָ֑/ךְ אֶת גְּ֝מוּלֵ֗/ךְ שֶׁ/גָּמַ֥לְתְּ לָֽ/נוּ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אַשְׁרֵ֣י
'shry
noun · 44×
בַּת
bt
noun · 585×
בָּבֶ֖ל
bbl
proper_noun · 262×
גְמ֥וּל
gmvl
noun · 16×
יְשַׁלֶּם
yshlm
verb · 111×
נִי
ny
verb · 34×
שֻׁדַּ֖ד
shdd
verb · 58×
Intertextual echoes
Quoted or echoed by 1 later passage.
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Rev 18:6 · allusion"Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double."Psalm 137: repay her as she has done — double judgment on Babylon
Themes
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Esth 8:11 — Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and prov
- Ezra 6:12 — And the God that hath caused his name to dwell there destroy all kings and people, that shall put to their hand to alter and to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a de
- Hab 2:17 — For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts, which made them afraid, because of men’s blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.
- Hos 13:16 — Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.
- Isa 13:1 — The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.
- Isa 13:16 — Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.
- Isa 14:4 — That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!
- Isa 14:20 — Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned.
- Isa 21:1 — The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.
- Isa 44:28 — That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.
- Isa 47:1 — Come 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 thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.
- Isa 47:1 — Come 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 thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.
- Jer 25:12 — And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the LORD, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will mak
- Jer 30:16 — Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee wil
- Jer 50:1 — The word that the LORD spake against Babylon and against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet.
- Jer 50:29 — Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do
- Jer 51:49 — As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth.
- Josh 6:21 — And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.
- Mic 7:10 — Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the LORD thy God? mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.
- Obad 1:15 — For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head.
- Ps 54:5 — He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth.
- Ps 109:12 — Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children.
- Ps 149:6 — Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand;
- Ps 149:7 — To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people;
- Ps 149:9 — To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the LORD.
- Rev 14:8 — And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.
- Rev 18:6 — Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.
- Rev 18:6 — Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.