Psalms 137

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

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

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

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

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

How should we sing the Lord's song in a strange 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 [its 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.

May my tongue cleave to my throat, if I do not remember thee; if I do not prefer Jerusalem as the chief of my 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 Lord, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase [it], rase [it], even to its foundations.

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

Wretched daughter of Babylon! blessed [shall he be] who shall reward thee as thou hast rewarded us.

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

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