Psalms 137

1 At [the] rivers of - Babylon there we sat also we wept when remembered we Zion.

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

2 On poplars in [the] midst of it we hung up harps our.

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

3 For there they asked us captors our words of a song and mockers our gladness sing for us one of [the] song[s] of Zion.

For there they that led us captive asked of us words of song, and our tormentors asked of us mirth: 'Sing us one of the songs of Zion.'

4 How? will we sing [the] song of Yahweh on ground of foreignness.

How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a foreign land?

5 If I will forget you O Jerusalem may it forget right [hand] my.

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

6 May it cleave tongue my - to palate my if not I will remember you if not I will lift up Jerusalem above [the] chief of joy my.

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

7 Remember O Yahweh - to [the] people of Edom [the] day of Jerusalem who were saying lay bare - lay bare to the foundation in it.

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

8 O daughter of Babylon that is about to be destroyed how blessed! [is one] who he will repay to you dealing your that you dealt to us.

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

9 How blessed! - [is one] who he will seize and he will smash children your to the rock.

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