Psalms 137

1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, When we remembered Zion.

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

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

We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.

3 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!”

For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us delight, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.

4 How shall we sing the LORD'S song In a strange land?

How shall we sing the LORD's song in a strange land?

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

If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.

6 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!

If I do not remember you, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.

7 Remember, O LORD! against the children of Edom The day of the calamity of Jerusalem! Who said, “Raze it, Raze it to its foundations!”

Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Demolish it, demolish it, even to the foundation thereof.

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

O daughter of Babylon, who are to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewards you as you have served us.

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

Happy shall he be, that takes and dashes your little ones against the stones.