Psalms 137

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

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

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

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

3 For there they that led us captive asked of us words of song, and our tormentors asked of us mirth: 'Sing us 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 How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a foreign land?

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

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

if to forget you Jerusalem to forget right my

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

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, O LORD, against the children of Edom the day of Jerusalem; who said: 'Rase it, rase it, even 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 Babylon, that art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that repayeth thee as thou hast served us.

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

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

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