Psalms 137

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

At [the] rivers of - Babylon there we sat also we wept when remembered we Zion.

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

On poplars in [the] midst of it we hung up harps our.

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 asked us captors our words of a song and mockers our gladness sing for us one of [the] song[s] of Zion.

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

How? will we sing [the] song of Yahweh on ground of foreignness.

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

If I will forget you O Jerusalem may it forget right [hand] my.

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 it cleave tongue my - to palate my if not I will remember you if not I will lift up Jerusalem above [the] chief of joy my.

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 Yahweh - to [the] people of Edom [the] day of Jerusalem who were saying lay bare - lay bare to the foundation in it.

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 that is about to be destroyed how blessed! [is one] who he will repay to you dealing your that you dealt to us.

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

How blessed! - [is one] who he will seize and he will smash children your to the rock.