Psalms 137

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

By the waters of Babylon there we sat, and we wept at the thought of Zion.

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

There on the poplars 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 called for a song: our tormentors, rejoicing, saying: ‘Sing us one of the songs of Zion.’

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

How can we sing the Lord’s song in the foreigner’s land?

5 if to forget you Jerusalem to forget right my

If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand wither.

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

May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth, if I am unmindful of you, or don’t set 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 the Edomites, Lord, the day of Jerusalem’s fall, when they said, ‘Lay her bare, lay her bare, right down to her very 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

Babylon, despoiler, happy are those who pay you back for all you have done to us.

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

Happy are they who seize and dash your children against the rocks.