Psalms 137

1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat, and we also wept when we remembered Zion.

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

2 Upon the willows in her midst had we hung up our harps.

Upon the willows in the midst of it we hung up our harps.

3 For there our captors demanded of us the words of song; and those that mocked us, joy, [saying, ] Sing for us one of the songs of Zion.

For there those who led us captive required of us songs, and those who wasted us, mirth, saying, Sing for us one of the songs of Zion.

4 How should we sing the song of the Lord on the soil of the stranger?

How shall we sing Jehovah's song in a foreign land?

5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, may my right hand forget—.

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

6 May my tongue cleave to my palate if I do not remember thee: if I recall not Jerusalem at the head of my joy.

Let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember thee, if I do not prefer Jerusalem above my chief joy.

7 Remember, O Lord, unto the children of Edom the day of Jerusalem; who said, Raze it, raze it, even to her very foundation.

Remember, O Jehovah, the day of Jerusalem against the sons of Edom, who said, Raze it, raze it, even to the foundation thereof.

8 O daughter of Babylon, who art wasted: happy he, that repayeth thee thy recompense for what thou hast done to us.

O daughter of Babylon, who is to be destroyed, happy shall he be who rewards thee as thou have served us.

9 Happy he, that seizeth and dasheth thy babes against the rock.

Happy shall he be who takes and dashes thy little ones against the rock.