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 down and wept when we thought about Zion.

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

On the poplars there 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

There our captors required songs from us, and those who mocked us required us to be happy, saying, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion.”

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

How could we sing a song about Yahweh in a foreign land?

5 if to forget you Jerusalem to forget right my

If I ignore the memory of you, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her skill.

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

Let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I think about you no more, if I do not prefer Jerusalem more than my greatest delights.

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

Call to mind, Yahweh, what the Edomites did on the day Jerusalem fell. They said, “Tear it down, 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

Daughter of Babylon, soon to be destroyed— may the person be blessed, whoever pays you back for what you have done to us.

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

May the person be blessed, whoever takes and dashes your little ones against a rock.