Psalms 137

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

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

2 On willows in its midst we hung our harps.

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

3 For there our captors asked us the words of a song, And our spoilers — joy: 'Sing ye to us of a song of Zion.'

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

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

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

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

if to forget you Jerusalem to forget right my

6 My tongue doth cleave to my palate, If I do not remember thee, If I do not exalt Jerusalem above my chief joy.

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

7 Remember, Jehovah, for the sons of Edom, The day of Jerusalem, Those saying, 'Rase, rase to its foundation!'

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

8 O daughter of Babylon, O destroyed one, O the happiness of him who repayeth to thee thy deed, That thou hast done to us.

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

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

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