Psalms 137:8 meaning and explanation

O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us.

Psalms 137:8, Berean Standard Bible

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The speaker is a Judean exile in Babylon, looking back on the fall of Jerusalem and forward to God's justice. "Daughter of Babylon" is a Hebrew idiom personifying the city and its people.

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