1 Дв҃дꙋ і҆еремі́емъ, На рѣка́хъ вавѷлѡ́нскихъ, та́мѡ сѣдо́хомъ и҆ пла́кахомъ, внегда̀ помѧнꙋ́ти на́мъ сїѡ́на: 2 на ве́рбїихъ посредѣ̀ є҆гѡ̀ ѡ҆бѣ́сихомъ ѻ҆рга́ны на́шѧ. 3 Ꙗ҆́кѡ та́мѡ вопроси́ша ны̀ плѣ́ньшїи на́съ ѡ҆ словесѣ́хъ пѣ́сней, и҆ ве́дшїи на́съ ѡ҆ пѣ́нїи: воспо́йте на́мъ ѿ пѣ́сней сїѡ́нскихъ. 4 Ка́кѡ воспое́мъ пѣ́снь гдⷭ҇ню на землѝ чꙋжде́й; 5 А҆́ще забꙋ́дꙋ тебѐ, і҆ерⷭ҇ли́ме, забве́на бꙋ́ди десни́ца моѧ̀. 6 Прильпнѝ ѧ҆зы́къ мо́й горта́ни моемꙋ̀, а҆́ще не помѧнꙋ̀ тебє̀, а҆́ще не предложꙋ̀ і҆ерⷭ҇ли́ма, ꙗ҆́кѡ въ нача́лѣ весе́лїѧ моегѡ̀. 7 Помѧнѝ, гдⷭ҇и, сы́ны є҆дѡ̑мскїѧ въ де́нь і҆ерⷭ҇ли́мль глаго́лющыѧ: и҆стоща́йте, и҆стоща́йте до ѡ҆снова́нїй є҆гѡ̀. 8 Дщѝ вавѷлѡ́нѧ ѡ҆каѧ́ннаѧ, бл҃же́нъ, и҆́же возда́стъ тебѣ̀ воздаѧ́нїе твоѐ, є҆́же воздала̀ є҆сѝ на́мъ: 9 бл҃же́нъ, и҆́же и҆́метъ и҆ разбїе́тъ младе́нцы твоѧ̑ ѡ҆ ка́мень.
Psalms · Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Psalm 136 (137) Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · Psalm 137 · About the recordings
Notes on this text (4)
- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
- Psalms are numbered as in the Septuagint (Psalm 50 = Psalm 51 in English Bibles); verse numbers follow the Russian Synodal Bible, where a psalm's title is verse 1 (or 1–2).
- Psalms 13, 71, 92, 127 and 129 divide their verses differently from the Russian Synodal Bible, so a few verse numbers there do not match it; the line "The songs of David, son of Jesse, are ended" opens Psalm 72 (with its title) instead of closing Psalm 71.
- Church Slavonic in its traditional (Synodal) spelling, with accents, breathings and titlo abbreviations, shown in the Ponomar font (SIL Open Font License).
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Babylon
Capital of Nebuchadnezzar's empire on the Euphrates. It destroyed Jerusalem in 586 BC and carried Judah into exile, where Daniel and the people kept their faith.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 25:1; Daniel 1:1; Psalm 137:1
Cross references (9)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info. References use English (Hebrew-based) verse numbers; links open the passage in Slavonic.
- 1 Ezekiel 1:1; Ezekiel 3:15; Lamentations 2:10–11; Lamentations 3:48; Lamentations 2:18
- 2 Ezekiel 26:13; Isaiah 24:8; Revelation 18:22; Psalm 81:2; Amos 8:10
- 3 Luke 21:6; Psalm 9:14; Lamentations 2:15–16; Micah 3:12; Jeremiah 9:11
- 4 Amos 8:3; Isaiah 22:12; Hosea 9:4; Lamentations 5:14–15; Ecclesiastes 3:4
- 5 Daniel 6:10–11; Jeremiah 51:50; Psalm 122:5–9; Psalm 84:10; Zechariah 11:17
- 6 Ezekiel 3:26; Psalm 22:15; Job 29:10; Isaiah 41:17; Psalm 84:10
- 7 Lamentations 4:21–22; Ezekiel 25:12–14; Jeremiah 49:7–22; Obadiah 10–14; Habakkuk 3:13
- 8 Revelation 18:6; Jeremiah 25:12–14; Isaiah 14:4–24; Revelation 14:8–11; Isaiah 21:1
- 9 Isaiah 13:16; Hosea 13:16; Nahum 3:10; 2 Kings 8:12; Hosea 10:14
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations). Verse numbers below follow the Hebrew/English numbering: 137.
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
(ver. 1). This Psalm contains the praise of God, and all its verses finish in the same way. Wherefore although many things are related here in praise of God, yet His mercy is most commended; for without this plain commendation, he, whom the Holy Spirit used to utter this Psalm, would have no verse be ended.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
And here again: By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down; yea wept.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 9 (1899)