Psalms 137

1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.

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

2 Upon the willows in the midst thereof we hanged up our harps.

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

3 For there they that led us captive required of us songs, and they that wasted us [required of us] mirth, [saying], Sing us one of the songs of Zion.

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 How shall we sing the LORD’S song in a strange land?

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

5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget [her cunning].

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

6 Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if I remember thee not; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.

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

7 Remember, O LORD, against the children of Edom the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.

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

8 O daughter of Babylon, that art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.

Wretched daughter of Babylon! blessed [shall he be] who shall reward thee as thou hast rewarded us.

9 Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the rock.

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