Psalms 137

1 By the rivers of Babylon we sat down and wept when we thought about Zion.

At [the] rivers of - Babylon there we sat also we wept when remembered we Zion.

2 On the poplars there we hung our harps.

On poplars in [the] midst of it we hung up harps our.

3 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.”

For there they asked us captors our words of a song and mockers our gladness sing for us one of [the] song[s] of Zion.

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

How? will we sing [the] song of Yahweh on ground of foreignness.

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

If I will forget you O Jerusalem may it forget right [hand] my.

6 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.

May it cleave tongue my - to palate my if not I will remember you if not I will lift up Jerusalem above [the] chief of joy my.

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

Remember O Yahweh - to [the] people of Edom [the] day of Jerusalem who were saying lay bare - lay bare to the foundation in it.

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

O daughter of Babylon that is about to be destroyed how blessed! [is one] who he will repay to you dealing your that you dealt to us.

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

How blessed! - [is one] who he will seize and he will smash children your to the rock.