Psalms 137

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

Psalmus David, Jeremiæ. Super flumina Babylonis illic sedimus et flevimus, cum recordaremur Sion.

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

In salicibus in medio ejus suspendimus organa nostra:

3 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.

quia illic interrogaverunt nos, qui captivos duxerunt nos, verba cantionum; et qui abduxerunt nos: Hymnum cantate nobis de canticis Sion.

4 How should we sing the Lord's song in a strange land?

Quomodo cantabimus canticum Domini in terra aliena?

5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget [its skill].

Si oblitus fuero tui, Jerusalem, oblivioni detur dextera mea.

6 May my tongue cleave to my throat, if I do not remember you; if I do not prefer Jerusalem as the chief of my joy.

Adhæreat lingua mea faucibus meis, si non meminero tui; si non proposuero Jerusalem in principio lætitiæ meæ.

7 Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase [it], rase [it], even to its foundations.

Memor esto, Domine, filiorum Edom, in die Jerusalem: qui dicunt: Exinanite, exinanite usque ad fundamentum in ea.

8 Wretched daughter of Babylon! blessed [shall he be] who shall reward you as you have rewarded us.

Filia Babylonis misera! beatus qui retribuet tibi retributionem tuam quam retribuisti nobis.

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

Beatus qui tenebit, et allidet parvulos tuos ad petram.