Psalms 137

1 By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down, yea, we wept, When we remembered Zion.

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

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

We hung our harps on the willows in the midst thereof.

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 who carried us away captive required of us a song; They who wasted us required of us mirth: “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”

4 How shall we sing Jehovah’s song In a foreign land?

How shall we sing the LORD'S song In a strange land?

5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, Let my right hand forget [her skill].

If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, Let my right hand forget her cunning!

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.

If I do not remember thee, Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; If I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy!

7 Remember, O Jehovah, against the children of Edom The day of Jerusalem; Who said, Rase it, rase it, Even to the foundation thereof.

Remember, O LORD! against the children of Edom The day of the calamity of Jerusalem! Who said, “Raze it, Raze it 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.

O daughter of Babylon, thou destroyer! Happy be he who requiteth thee As thou hast dealt with us!

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

Happy be he who seizeth thy little ones And dasheth them against the stones!