Psalm 137 — Devotional with Jamaican Bible Verses
- Faith Clarke
- Mar 5
- 2 min read
Psalm 137 read in Jamaican Patwah (Patois) with devotional reflection. Hear the Word of God in everyday Jamaican language.
Have you ever heard the Bible read in Jamaican Patwah?
Psalm 137 is one of the most emotional Psalms in Scripture. It speaks about sorrow, memory, exile, and the deep longing for home. In this devotional, Psalm 137 is read in everyday Jamaican Patwah alongside reflection on the meaning of the passage.
This episode is part of Devotional with Jamaican Bible Verses – Season 1, Episode 2.
Psalm 137 – Direct Jamaican Patwah Translation
Verse 1
Right side a di Babylon river dem,
ah deh suh wi siddung, yes,
when wi memba Zion, wi bawl.
Verse 2
Wi heng up wi harp dem,
pon di willow tree dem.
Verse 3
Cause a deh so dem weh tek wi captive
an ask wi fi sing;
dem weh mash wi dung
ask wi fi joy, dem seh:
“Sing one a di Zion song dem fi wi.”
Verse 4
How wi fi sing di Lord song
inna dis yah strange land?
Verse 5
If mi figet yuh, O Jerusalem,
mek mi right hand figet how fi play.
Verse 6
If mi nuh memba yuh,
mek mi tongue stick up inna di roof ah mi mouth
if mi nuh lift up Jerusalem
above mi chief joy.
Verse 7
Pon di day a Jerusalem,
Lord, memba di Edom pickney dem,
weh seh:
“Tear it dung! Tear it dung!”
even to di grung.
Verse 8
O daughter a Babylon, weh soon mash up,
happy is di one weh reward yuh
same way yuh serve wi.
Verse 9
Devotional Reflection
Psalm 137 is a Psalm of memory and grief.
The people of Israel had been taken captive to Babylon. They were far from home, far from the temple, and far from the place where they once worshiped freely.
By the rivers of Babylon, they sat down and wept when they remembered Zion.
Their captors mocked them and asked them to sing the songs of Zion. But the people replied with a painful question:
“How wi fi sing di Lord song inna dis yah strange land?”
Sometimes life can feel like Babylon — seasons where we feel displaced, discouraged, or far from peace.
Psalm 137 reminds us that faith does not mean pretending everything is fine. The people of God cried. They remembered. They wrestled with their grief.
Yet even in sorrow, they refused to forget Jerusalem. They refused to forget where they belonged.
In the same way, even when life feels like a strange land, we can still hold on to hope and remember God’s promises.
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