Psalms 137

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

Psalmus David, Jeremiæ. Super flumina Babylonis illic sedimus et flevimus, cum recordaremur Sion.

2 On the willows in its midst, we hung up our harps.

In salicibus in medio ejus suspendimus organa nostra:

3 For there, those who led us captive asked us for songs. Those who tormented us demanded songs of joy: "Sing us one of the songs of Zion."

quia illic interrogaverunt nos, qui captivos duxerunt nos, verba cantionum; et qui abduxerunt nos: Hymnum cantate nobis de canticis Sion.

4 How can we sing YHWH's song in a foreign land?

Quomodo cantabimus canticum Domini in terra aliena?

5 If I forget you, Jerusalem, let my right hand be forgotten.

Si oblitus fuero tui, Jerusalem, oblivioni detur dextera mea.

6 Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you; if I do not prefer Jerusalem above my chief joy.

Adhæreat lingua mea faucibus meis, si non meminero tui; si non proposuero Jerusalem in principio lætitiæ meæ.

7 Remember, YHWH, against the descendants of Edom, the day of Jerusalem; who said, "Raze it. Raze it even to its foundation."

Memor esto, Domine, filiorum Edom, in die Jerusalem: qui dicunt: Exinanite, exinanite usque ad fundamentum in ea.

8 Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, he will be blessed who rewards you, as you have served us.

Filia Babylonis misera! beatus qui retribuet tibi retributionem tuam quam retribuisti nobis.

9 Blessed shall he be who takes and dashes your little ones against the rock.

Beatus qui tenebit, et allidet parvulos tuos ad petram.