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, yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion.

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

We hung our harps upon the willows in the midst of it.

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] mirth, [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 foreign land?

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

If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget [her skill].

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 thee, 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, Raze [it], raze [it], [even] to its foundation.

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

O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy [shall he be], that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.

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

Happy [shall he be], that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.