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, there we sat down, yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion.

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

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

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

How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a foreign land?

5 if to forget you Jerusalem to forget right my

If I forget thee, O 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

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 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 children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Raze [it], raze [it], [even] to its foundation.

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

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

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