1 By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down, yea, we wept, When we remembered Zion. ASV — Psalm 137:1
2 Upon the willows in the midst thereof We hanged up our harps. ASV — Psalm 137:2
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. ASV — Psalm 137:3
4 How shall we sing Jehovah`s song In a foreign land? ASV — Psalm 137:4
5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, Let my right hand forget [her skill]. ASV — Psalm 137:5
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. ASV — Psalm 137:6
7 Remember, O Jehovah, against the children of Edom The day of Jerusalem; Who said, Rase it, rase it, Even to the foundation thereof. ASV — Psalm 137:7
8 O daughter of Babylon, that art to be destroyed, Happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee As thou hast served us. ASV — Psalm 137:8
9 Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones Against the rock. Psalm 138 A [Psalm] of David. ASV — Psalm 137:9