< Psalms 137 >

1 By rivers of Babylon — There we did sit, Yea, we wept when we remembered Zion.
At [the] rivers of - Babylon there we sat also we wept when remembered we Zion.
2 On willows in its midst we hung our harps.
On poplars in [the] midst of it we hung up harps our.
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 they asked us captors our words of a song and mockers our gladness sing for us one of [the] song[s] of Zion.
4 How do we sing the song of Jehovah, On the land of a stranger?
How? will we sing [the] song of Yahweh on ground of foreignness.
5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, my right hand forgetteth!
If I will forget you O Jerusalem may it forget right [hand] my.
6 My tongue doth cleave to my palate, If I do not remember thee, If I do not exalt Jerusalem above my chief joy.
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.
7 Remember, Jehovah, for the sons of Edom, The day of Jerusalem, Those saying, 'Rase, rase to its foundation!'
Remember O Yahweh - to [the] people of Edom [the] day of Jerusalem who were saying lay bare - lay bare to the foundation in it.
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 that is about to be destroyed how blessed! [is one] who he will repay to you dealing your that you dealt to us.
9 O the happiness of him who doth seize, And hath dashed thy sucklings on the rock!
How blessed! - [is one] who he will seize and he will smash children your to the rock.

< Psalms 137 >