Psalms 137

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

Psalmus David, Jeremiæ. [Super flumina Babylonis illic sedimus et flevimus, cum recordaremur Sion.

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

In salicibus in medio ejus suspendimus organa nostra:

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

quia illic interrogaverunt nos, qui captivos duxerunt nos, verba cantionum; et qui abduxerunt nos: Hymnum cantate nobis de canticis Sion.

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

Quomodo cantabimus canticum Domini in terra aliena?

5 if to forget you Jerusalem to forget right my

Si oblitus fuero tui, Jerusalem, oblivioni detur dextera mea.

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

Adhæreat lingua mea faucibus meis, si non meminero tui; si non proposuero Jerusalem in principio lætitiæ meæ.

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

Memor esto, Domine, filiorum Edom, in die Jerusalem: qui dicunt: Exinanite, exinanite usque ad fundamentum in ea.

8 daughter Babylon [the] to ruin blessed which/that to complete to/for you [obj] recompense your which/that to wean to/for us

Filia Babylonis misera! beatus qui retribuet tibi retributionem tuam quam retribuisti nobis.

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

Beatus qui tenebit, et allidet parvulos tuos ad petram.]