Psalms 137:8 — King James Version← Study notes

“O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.”

Psalms 137:8 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 137:810 words

HebrewMeaning

בַּתbat

O daughter ofnounH1323

branch · company · daughter · first ···

בָּבֶ֗לbābel

BabylonnounH894

Babylon

הַ/שְּׁד֫וּדָ֥הhašədwdāh

that is about to be destroyedparticleH7703

destroy · oppress · robber · spoil ···

אַשְׁרֵ֥יʾašərēy

how blessed!nounH835

happy

שֶׁ/יְשַׁלֶּםšeyəšalem

is one who he will repayparticleH7999

end · finish · full · give again ···

לָ֑/ךְlākə

pron

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

גְּ֝מוּלֵ֗/ךְgəmwlēkə

dealing yournounH1576

as hast served · desert · deserving · that which he hath given ···

שֶׁ/גָּמַ֥לְתְּšegāmalətə

that you dealtparticleH1580

deal bountifully · do · recompense · requite ···

לָֽ/נוּlānw

pron

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 137:8

1. ...But today we have sung, “By the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept, when we remembered Sion” Psalm 136:1.... 2. Observe “the waters of Babylon.” “The waters of Babylon” are all things which here are loved, and pass away. One man, for example, loves to practise husbandry, to grow rich thereby, to employ his mind therein, thence to gain pleasure: let him observe the issue, and see that what he has loved is not a foundation of Jerusalem, but a stream of Babylon.…
Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 137

Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain

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