Psalms 137

1 Upon the rivers of Babylon, there we sat and wept: when we remembered Sion:

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

2 On the willows in the midst thereof we hung up our instruments.

Upon the willows in the midst thereof we hanged up our harps.

3 For there they that led us into captivity required of us the words of songs. And they that carried us away, said: Sing ye to us a hymn of the songs of Sion.

For there they that led us captive required of us songs, and they that wasted us [required of us] mirth, [saying], Sing us one of the songs of Zion.

4 How shall we sing the song of the Lord in a strange land?

How shall we sing the LORD’S song in a strange land?

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

If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget [her cunning].

6 Let my tongue cleave to my jaws, if I do not remember thee: If I make not Jerusalem the beginning of my joy.

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

7 Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom, in the day of Jerusalem: Who say: Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.

Remember, O LORD, against the children of Edom the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.

8 O daughter of Babylon, miserable: blessed shall he be who shall repay thee thy payment which thou hast paid us.

O daughter of Babylon, that art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.

9 Blessed be he that shall take and dash thy little ones against the rock.

Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the rock.