Psalms 137

1 By rivers of Babylon — There we did sit, Yea, we wept when we remembered Zion.

By rivers of Babylon—There we sat, Indeed, we wept when we remembered Zion.

2 On willows in its midst we hung our harps.

We hung our harps on willows in its midst.

3 For there our captors asked us the words of a song, And our spoilers — joy: 'Sing ye to us of a song of Zion.'

For there our captors asked us the words of a song, And our spoilers—joy: “Sing to us of a song of Zion.”

4 How do we sing the song of Jehovah, On the land of a stranger?

How do we sing the song of YHWH, On the land of a stranger?

5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, my right hand forgetteth!

If I forget you, O Jerusalem, my right hand forgets!

6 My tongue doth cleave to my palate, If I do not remember thee, If I do not exalt Jerusalem above my chief joy.

My tongue cleaves to my palate, If I do not remember you, If I do not exalt Jerusalem above my chief joy.

7 Remember, Jehovah, for the sons of Edom, The day of Jerusalem, Those saying, 'Rase, rase to its foundation!'

Remember, YHWH, for the sons of Edom, The day of Jerusalem, Those saying, “Raze, raze to its foundation!”

8 O daughter of Babylon, O destroyed one, O the happiness of him who repayeth to thee thy deed, That thou hast done to us.

O daughter of Babylon, O destroyed one, O the blessedness of him who repays to you your deed, That you have done to us.

9 O the happiness of him who doth seize, And hath dashed thy sucklings on the rock!

O the blessedness of him who seizes, and has dashed your sucklings on the rock!