Psalms 137

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

For David, [a Psalm] of Jeremias. By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat; and wept when we remembered Sion.

2 We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.

We hung our harps on the willows in the midst of it.

3 For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that made us wail [required] mirth, [saying, ] Sing us [one] of the songs of Zion.

For there they that had taken us captive asked of us the words of a song; and they that had carried us away [asked] a hymn, [saying], Sing us [one] of the songs of Sion.

4 How should we sing a song of Jehovah's upon a foreign soil?

How should we sing the Lord's song in a strange land?

5 If I forget thee, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget [its skill];

If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget [its skill].

6 If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to my palate: if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.

May my tongue cleave to my throat, if I do not remember you; if I do not prefer Jerusalem as the chief of my joy.

7 Remember, O Jehovah, against the sons of Edom, the day of Jerusalem; who said, Lay [it] bare, Lay [it] bare, down to its foundation!

Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase [it], rase [it], even to its foundations.

8 Daughter of Babylon, who art to be laid waste, happy he that rendereth unto thee that which thou hast meted out to us.

Wretched daughter of Babylon! blessed [shall he be] who shall reward you as you have rewarded us.

9 Happy he that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the rock.

Blessed [shall he be] who shall seize and dash your infants against the rock.