Psalms 137

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

By rivers of Babylon — There we did sit, Yea, we wept when we remembered Zion.

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

On willows in its midst 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 asked us the words of a song, And our spoilers — joy: 'Sing ye to us of a song of Zion.'

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

How do we sing the song of Jehovah, On the land of a stranger?

5 if to forget you Jerusalem to forget right my

If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, my right hand forgetteth!

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

My tongue doth cleave to my palate, If I do not remember thee, If I do not exalt 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, Jehovah, for the sons of Edom, The day of Jerusalem, Those saying, 'Rase, rase 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, O destroyed one, O the happiness of him who repayeth to thee thy deed, That thou hast done to us.

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

O the happiness of him who doth seize, And hath dashed thy sucklings on the rock!