Psalms 137

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

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

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

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

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 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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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