Psalms 137

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

עַל נַהֲרוֹת ׀ בָּבֶל שָׁם יָשַׁבְנוּ גַּם־בָּכִינוּ בְּזׇכְרֵנוּ אֶת־צִיּֽוֹן׃

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

עַֽל־עֲרָבִים בְּתוֹכָהּ תָּלִינוּ כִּנֹּרוֹתֵֽינוּ׃

3 For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us delight, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.

כִּי שָׁם שְֽׁאֵלוּנוּ שׁוֹבֵינוּ דִּבְרֵי־שִׁיר וְתוֹלָלֵינוּ שִׂמְחָה שִׁירוּ לָנוּ מִשִּׁיר צִיּֽוֹן׃

4 How shall we sing the LORD's song in a strange land?

אֵיךְ נָשִׁיר אֶת־שִׁיר־יְהֹוָה עַל אַדְמַת נֵכָֽר׃

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

אִֽם־אֶשְׁכָּחֵךְ יְֽרוּשָׁלָ͏ִם תִּשְׁכַּח יְמִינִֽי׃

6 If I do not remember you, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.

תִּדְבַּֽק־לְשׁוֹנִי ׀ לְחִכִּי אִם־לֹא אֶזְכְּרֵכִי אִם־לֹא אַעֲלֶה אֶת־יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם עַל רֹאשׁ שִׂמְחָתִֽי׃

7 Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Demolish it, demolish it, even to the foundation thereof.

זְכֹר יְהֹוָה ׀ לִבְנֵי אֱדוֹם אֵת יוֹם יְֽרוּשָׁלָ͏ִם הָאֹמְרִים עָרוּ ׀ עָרוּ עַד הַיְסוֹד בָּֽהּ׃

8 O daughter of Babylon, who are to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewards you as you have served us.

בַּת־בָּבֶל הַשְּׁדוּדָה אַשְׁרֵי שֶׁיְשַׁלֶּם־לָךְ אֶת־גְּמוּלֵךְ שֶׁגָּמַלְתְּ לָֽנוּ׃

9 Happy shall he be, that takes and dashes your little ones against the stones.

אַשְׁרֵי ׀ שֶׁיֹּאחֵז וְנִפֵּץ אֶֽת־עֹלָלַיִךְ אֶל־הַסָּֽלַע׃