Psalms 137

1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept when we remembered Zion.

By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, When we remembered Zion.

2 Upon the willows in the midst of it we hung up our harps.

We hung our harps on the willows in the midst thereof.

3 For there those who led us captive required of us songs, and those who wasted us, mirth, saying, Sing for us one of the songs of Zion.

For there they who carried us away captive required of us a song; They who wasted us required of us mirth: “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”

4 How shall we sing Jehovah's song in a foreign land?

How shall we sing the LORD'S song In a strange land?

5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget.

If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, Let my right hand forget her cunning!

6 Let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember thee, if I do not prefer Jerusalem above my chief joy.

If I do not remember thee, Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; If I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy!

7 Remember, O Jehovah, the day of Jerusalem against the sons of Edom, who said, Raze it, raze it, even to the foundation thereof.

Remember, O LORD! against the children of Edom The day of the calamity of Jerusalem! Who said, “Raze it, Raze it to its foundations!”

8 O daughter of Babylon, who is to be destroyed, happy shall he be who rewards thee as thou have served us.

O daughter of Babylon, thou destroyer! Happy be he who requiteth thee As thou hast dealt with us!

9 Happy shall he be who takes and dashes thy little ones against the rock.

Happy be he who seizeth thy little ones And dasheth them against the stones!