Psalms 137

1 By the riuers of Babel we sate, and there wee wept, when we remembred Zion.

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

2 Wee hanged our harpes vpon the willowes in the middes thereof.

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

3 Then they that ledde vs captiues, required of vs songs and mirth, when wee had hanged vp our harpes, saying, Sing vs one of the songs of Zion.

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 Howe shall we sing, said we, a song of the Lord in a strange land?

How shall we sing Jehovah’s song In a foreign land?

5 If I forget thee, O Ierusalem, let my right hand forget to play.

If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, Let my right hand forget [her skill].

6 If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleaue to the roofe of my mouth: yea, if I preferre not Ierusalem to my chiefe ioy.

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 the children of Edom, O Lord, in the day of Ierusalem, which saide, Rase it, rase it to the foundation thereof.

Remember, O Jehovah, against the children of Edom The day of Jerusalem; Who said, Rase it, rase it, Even to the foundation thereof.

8 O daughter of Babel, worthy to be destroyed, blessed shall he be that rewardeth thee, as thou hast serued vs.

O daughter of Babylon, that art to be destroyed, Happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee As thou hast served us.

9 Blessed shall he be that taketh and dasheth thy children against the stones.

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