Psalms 137

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

David Hieremiae 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 eius 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 Hierusalem 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.

adhereat lingua mea faucibus meis si non meminero tui si non praeposuero Hierusalem in principio laetitiae meae

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 diem Hierusalem 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 adlidet parvulos tuos ad petram