Psalms 137

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

if to forget you Jerusalem to forget right my

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.

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

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

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

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

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