Bible-Reading.comPsalm 137
1By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
2Upon the willows in the midst thereof we hanged up our harps.
3For there they that led us captive required of us songs, and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
4How shall we sing the LORD’S song in a strange land?
5If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.
6Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if I remember thee not; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
7Remember, O LORD, against the children of Edom the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.
8O daughter of Babylon, that art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
9Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the rock.
Psalm 138
1A Psalm of David. I will give thee thanks with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praises unto thee.
2I will worship toward thy holy temple, and give thanks unto thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.
3In the day that I called thou answeredst me, thou didst encourage me with strength in my soul.
4All the kings of the earth shall give thee thanks, O LORD, for they have heard the words of thy mouth.
5Yea, they shall sing of the ways of the LORD; for great is the glory of the LORD.
6For though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the haughty he knoweth from afar.
7Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me; thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.
8The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever; forsake not the works of thine own hands.
Psalm 139
1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.
2Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
3Thou searchest out my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
4For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.
5Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
7Whither shall I from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
8If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou art there.
9If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
10Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
11If I say, Surely the darkness shall overwhelm me, and the light about me shall be night;
12Even the darkness hideth not from thee, but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
13For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.
14I will give thanks unto thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: wonderful are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
15My frame was not hidden from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
16Thine eyes did see mine unperfect substance, and in thy book were all my members written, which day by day were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
17How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
18If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
19Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloodthirsty men.
20For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.
21Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
22I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.
23Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me and know my thoughts:
24And see if there be any way of wickedness in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.