詩篇 137

1 我們曾在巴比倫的河邊坐下， 一追想錫安就哭了。

By the rivers of Babylon, there, we sat down, yea we wept—when we remembered Zion:

2 我們把琴掛在那裏的柳樹上；

Upon the willows—in the midst thereof, hanged we our lyres:

3 因為在那裏，擄掠我們的要我們唱歌， 搶奪我們的要我們作樂，說： 給我們唱一首錫安歌吧！

For, there, our captors asked of us words of song, and our plunderers—gladness, —Sing us of the songs of Zion!

4 我們怎能在外邦唱耶和華的歌呢？

How shall we sing the song of Yahweh, on a foreign soil?

5 耶路撒冷啊，我若忘記你， 情願我的右手忘記技巧！

If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, Let my right-hand forget:

6 我若不記念你， 若不看耶路撒冷過於我所最喜樂的， 情願我的舌頭貼於上膛！

Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember thee! if I do not lift up Jerusalem above the head of mine own gladness.

7 耶路撒冷遭難的日子， 以東人說：拆毀！拆毀！ 直拆到根基！ 耶和華啊，求你記念這仇！

Remember, O Yahweh, against the sons of Edom, the day of Jerusalem, —how they continued to say—Overthrow! Overthrow! unto the foundation within it.

8 將要被滅的巴比倫城啊， 報復你像你待我們的，那人便為有福！

O ruined daughter of Babylon, —how happy the man who shall repay thee thy dealing, wherewith thou didst deal with us!

9 拿你的嬰孩摔在磐石上的， 那人便為有福！

How happy the man who shall snatch away and dash thy children against the crag.