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.

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

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 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.

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

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

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

If I forget thee, 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.

If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to my palate: 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 sons of Edom, the day of Jerusalem; who said, Lay [it] bare, Lay [it] bare, down to its foundation!

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

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

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

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