Psalms 137

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

By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.

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

There on the willows we hung our harps,

3 for there to ask us to take captive us word: because song and tormentor our joy to sing to/for us from song Zion

for there our captors requested a song; our tormentors demanded songs of joy: “Sing us a song of Zion.”

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

How can we sing a song of the LORD in a foreign land?

5 if to forget you Jerusalem to forget right my

If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand cease to function.

6 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

May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy!

7 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

Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “tear it down to its foundations!”

8 daughter Babylon [the] to ruin blessed which/that to complete to/for you [obj] recompense your which/that to wean to/for us

O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us.

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

Blessed is he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.