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.

We hung our harps on the willows in the midst thereof.

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 who carried us away captive required of us a song; They who wasted us required of us mirth: “Sing 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 the LORD'S song In a strange land?

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

If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, Let my right hand forget her cunning!

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.

If I do not remember thee, Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; If I prefer not 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 LORD! against the children of Edom The day of the calamity of Jerusalem! Who said, “Raze it, Raze it 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.

O daughter of Babylon, thou destroyer! Happy be he who requiteth thee As thou hast dealt with us!

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

Happy be he who seizeth thy little ones And dasheth them against the stones!