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Psalms 137:8
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Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction,happy is the one who pays you backwhat you have done to us.
Daughter of Bavel, doomed to destruction, He will be happy who rewards you, As you have served us.
O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
O daughter of Babylon, doomed to be destroyed, blessed shall he be who repays you with what you have done to us!
People of Babylon, you will be destroyed. The people who pay you back for what you did to us will be happy.
O daughter Babylon, soon to be devastated! How blessed will be the one who repays you for what you dished out to us!
Daughter of Babylon, you devastated one, Blessed will be one who repays you With the retribution with which you have repaid us.
Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, He will be happy who rewards you, As you have served us.
O daughter of Babel, worthy to be destroyed, blessed shall he be that rewardeth thee, as thou hast serued vs.
O daughter of Babylon, you devastated one,How blessed will be the one who repays youWith the recompense with which you have recompensed us.
O Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us.
Babylon, you are doomed! I pray the Lord's blessings on anyone who punishes you for what you did to us.
Daughter of Bavel, you will be destroyed! A blessing on anyone who pays you back for the way you treated us!
Daughter of Babylon, who art to be laid waste, happy he that rendereth unto thee that which thou hast meted out to us.
Babylon, you will be destroyed! Bless the one who pays you back for what you did to us.
O daughter of Babylon, taker of spoils, blessed shall he be who rewards you as you have served us.
Babylon, you will be destroyed. Happy are those who pay you back for what you have done to us—
O daughter of Babylon, about to be devastated, happy shall be he who pays back to you what you paid out to us.
O daughter of Babylon, O destroyed one! Blessed is he who shall repay to you your recompence which you dealt to us.
O doughter Babilo, thou shalt come to misery thy self: yee happie shal he be, that rewardeth ye as thou hast serued vs.
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, whose fate is destruction; happy is the man who does to you what you have done to us.
O daughter of Babylon, that art to be destroyed;
O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed: happy shall he be that rewardeth thee, as thou hast serued vs.
O daughter of Babylon who must lye wasted: happy shall he be that rewardeth thee as thou hast serued vs.
Wretched daughter of Babylon! blessed shall he be who shall reward thee as thou hast rewarded us.
O daughter of Babylon, that art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
Thou wretchid douyter of Babiloyne; he is blessid, that `schal yelde to thee thi yelding, which thou yeldidist to vs.
O daughter of Babylon, that are to be destroyed, Happy he shall be, that rewards you As you have served us.
O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy [shall he be], that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
O daughter of Babylon, who are to be destroyed, Happy the one who repays you as you have served us!
O Babylon, you will be destroyed. Happy is the one who pays you back for what you have done to us.
O daughter of Babylon, you who will be destroyed, how honored will be the one who pays you back for what you have done to us!
O daughter Babylon, you devastator! Happy shall they be who pay you back what you have done to us!
O ruined daughter of Babylon, - how happy the man who shall repay thee thy dealing, wherewith thou didst deal with us!
(136-8) O daughter of Babylon, miserable: blessed shall he be who shall repay thee thy payment which thou hast paid us.
O daughter of Babylon, you devastator! Happy shall he be who requites you with what you have done to 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, you devastated one, How blessed will be the one who repays you With the recompense with which you have repaid us.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
daughter: Isaiah 47:1-5, Jeremiah 50:42, Jeremiah 51:33, Zechariah 2:7
who art: Isaiah 13:1-22, Isaiah 14:4-24, Isaiah 21:1, Isaiah 47:1, Jeremiah 25:12-14, Jeremiah 50:1 - Jeremiah 51:64, Revelation 14:8-11, Revelation 17:1-18, Revelation 18:6
destroyed: Heb. wasted
happy: Psalms 149:6-9, Isaiah 13:3-5, Isaiah 44:28, Revelation 17:5, Revelation 17:6, Revelation 17:14, Revelation 18:6, Revelation 18:20
rewardeth: etc. Heb. recompenseth unto thee thy deed which thou didst unto us, Jeremiah 50:15-29, Revelation 18:6
Reciprocal: Numbers 31:15 - General Joshua 6:21 - utterly 2 Kings 8:12 - dash 2 Kings 19:21 - the daughter Ezra 6:12 - destroy Esther 8:11 - to destroy Psalms 48:11 - because Psalms 54:5 - reward Psalms 87:4 - Babylon Psalms 109:12 - favour Psalms 149:7 - General Psalms 149:9 - to execute Isaiah 13:16 - children Isaiah 14:20 - the seed Isaiah 47:3 - I will take Jeremiah 25:14 - I Jeremiah 27:7 - until Jeremiah 30:16 - General Jeremiah 46:24 - daughter Jeremiah 50:29 - recompense Jeremiah 51:24 - General Jeremiah 51:35 - The violence Jeremiah 51:49 - As Babylon Jeremiah 51:56 - the Lord Lamentations 1:21 - they shall Hosea 13:16 - their infants Obadiah 1:15 - as Micah 7:10 - she that Nahum 3:10 - her young Habakkuk 2:8 - the violence Habakkuk 2:17 - because Matthew 7:2 - General
Gill's Notes on the Bible
O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed,.... By the determinate counsel and decree of God, and according to divine predictions; see Jeremiah 50:1; so mystical Babylon, antichrist, and the man of sin, who therefore is called the son of perdition, 2 Thessalonians 2:3; because appointed to destruction, and shall certainly go into it,
Revelation 17:8; or "O thou destroyer", as the Targum, which paraphrases it thus,
"Gabriel, the prince of Zion, said to the Babylonish nation that spoileth or destroyeth;''
which is true of literal Babylon, called the destroying mountain,
Jeremiah 51:25; and of mystical Babylon, the destroyer both of the bodies and souls of men, Revelation 11:18;
happy [shall he be] that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us; meaning Darius the Mede, as Kimchi; or rather, or however who must be added, Cyrus the Persian, as R. Obadiah; who were ordered by the Lord to retaliate her, and do as she had done to others, Jeremiah 50:15; and in so doing pronounced happy, being the Lord's shepherd, raised up in righteousness to perform his pleasure, Isaiah 44:28; and here wished success by the godly Jews. In like manner the Christian princes will reward mystical Babylon, and be the happy instruments of her ruin,
Revelation 18:6.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
O daughter of Babylon - That is, Babylon itself; the city of Babylon. On the word “daughter” as thus used, see the notes at Isaiah 1:8.
Who art to be destroyed - Certainly to be destroyed; of whose destruction there are fixed and absolute prophecies. See the notes at Isaiah 13:19-22.
Happy shall he be that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us - Margin, that recompenseth unto thee thy deed which thou didst to us. Literally, “Happy shall he be who shall repay to thee the recompence which thou hast recompensed unto us.” The idea is, who shall repay thee for thy treatment of us; or, as we should say in common language, “Who shall pay thee back?” That is, he will be esteemed a fortunate man who is made the instrument of inflicting deserved punishment on a city so guilty and so cruel. He will acquire fame and honor by doing it; his name will be made known abroad and perpetuated among people. In fact, the name of Cyrus, who conquered Babylon, is among the names of the most celebrated of conquerors; and the manner in which he took Babylon and overthrew the government and kingdom, has given him a most eminent place among successful princes and conquerors.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 137:8. O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed — Or, O thou daughter of Babylon the destroyer, or, who art to be ruined. In being reduced under the empire of the Persians, Babylon was already greatly humbled and brought low from what it was in the days of Nebuchadnezzar; but it was afterwards so totally ruined that not a vestige of it remains. After its capture by Cyrus, A.M. 3468, it could never be considered a capital city; but it appeared to follow the fortunes of its various conquerors till it was, as a city, finally destroyed.
Rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. — This was Cyrus, who was chosen of God to do this work, and is therefore called happy, as being God's agent in its destruction. Greater desolations were afterwards brought upon it by Darius Hystaspes, who took this city after it had revolted, and slaughtered the inhabitants, men and women, in a barbarous manner. Herod. lib. iii.
