Psalms 137

1 By the rivers of Babylon, there, we sat down, yea we wept—when we remembered Zion:

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

2 Upon the willows—in the midst thereof, hanged we our lyres:

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

3 For, there, our captors asked of us words of song, and our plunderers—gladness, —Sing us of the songs 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 shall we sing the song of Yahweh, on a foreign soil?

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

5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, Let my right-hand forget:

if to forget you Jerusalem to forget right my

6 Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember thee! if I do not lift up Jerusalem above the head of mine own gladness.

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, O Yahweh, against the sons of Edom, the day of Jerusalem, —how they continued to say—Overthrow! Overthrow! unto the foundation within it.

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 ruined daughter of Babylon, —how happy the man who shall repay thee thy dealing, wherewith thou didst deal with 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 How happy the man who shall snatch away and dash thy children against the crag.

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