Psalmorum 137

1 David Hieremiae super flumina Babylonis illic sedimus et flevimus cum recordaremur Sion

For David, [a Psalm] of Jeremias. By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat; and wept when we remembered Sion.

2 in salicibus in medio eius suspendimus organa nostra

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

3 quia illic interrogaverunt nos qui captivos duxerunt nos verba cantionum et qui abduxerunt nos hymnum cantate nobis de canticis Sion

For there they that had taken us captive asked of us the words of a song; and they that had carried us away [asked] a hymn, [saying], Sing us [one] of the songs of Sion.

4 quomodo cantabimus canticum Domini in terra aliena

How should we sing the Lord's song in a strange land?

5 si oblitus fuero tui Hierusalem oblivioni detur dextera mea

If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget [its skill].

6 adhereat lingua mea faucibus meis si non meminero tui si non praeposuero Hierusalem in principio laetitiae meae

May my tongue cleave to my throat, if I do not remember you; if I do not prefer Jerusalem as the chief of my joy.

7 memor esto Domine filiorum Edom diem Hierusalem qui dicunt exinanite exinanite usque ad fundamentum in ea

Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase [it], rase [it], even to its foundations.

8 filia Babylonis misera beatus qui retribuet tibi retributionem tuam quam retribuisti nobis

Wretched daughter of Babylon! blessed [shall he be] who shall reward you as you have rewarded us.

9 beatus qui tenebit et adlidet parvulos tuos ad petram

Blessed [shall he be] who shall seize and dash your infants against the rock.