Psalms 137

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

upon river Babylon there to dwell also to weep in/on/with to remember we [obj] Zion

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

upon willow in/on/with midst her to hang lyre our

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 to ask us to take captive us word: because song and tormentor our joy to sing to/for us from song Zion

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

how? to sing [obj] song LORD upon land: soil foreign

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

if to forget you Jerusalem to forget right my

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

to cleave tongue my to/for palate my if not to remember you if not to ascend: establish [obj] Jerusalem upon head: top joy my

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!

to remember LORD to/for son: descendant/people Edom [obj] day Jerusalem [the] to say to uncover to uncover till [the] foundation in/on/with her

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

daughter Babylon [the] to ruin blessed which/that to complete to/for you [obj] recompense your which/that to wean to/for us

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

blessed which/that to grasp and to shatter [obj] infant your to(wards) [the] crag