Psalms 137

1 By rivers of Babylon—There we sat, Indeed, we wept when we remembered Zion.

upon river Babylon there to dwell also to weep in/on/with to remember we [obj] Zion

2 We hung our harps on willows in its midst.

upon willow in/on/with midst her to hang lyre our

3 For there our captors asked us the words of a song, And our spoilers—joy: “Sing to us of a song of Zion.”

for there to ask us to take captive us word: because song and tormentor our joy to sing to/for us from song Zion

4 How do we sing the song of YHWH, On the land of a stranger?

how? to sing [obj] song LORD upon land: soil foreign

5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem, my right hand forgets!

if to forget you Jerusalem to forget right my

6 My tongue cleaves to my palate, If I do not remember you, If I do not exalt Jerusalem above my chief joy.

to cleave tongue my to/for palate my if not to remember you if not to ascend: establish [obj] Jerusalem upon head: top joy my

7 Remember, YHWH, for the sons of Edom, The day of Jerusalem, Those saying, “Raze, raze to its foundation!”

to remember LORD to/for son: descendant/people Edom [obj] day Jerusalem [the] to say to uncover to uncover till [the] foundation in/on/with her

8 O daughter of Babylon, O destroyed one, O the blessedness of him who repays to you your deed, That you have done to us.

daughter Babylon [the] to ruin blessed which/that to complete to/for you [obj] recompense your which/that to wean to/for us

9 O the blessedness of him who seizes, and has dashed your sucklings on the rock!

blessed which/that to grasp and to shatter [obj] infant your to(wards) [the] crag