Psalm 137

1 By rivers of Babylon — There we did sit, Yea, we wept when we remembered Zion.YLT — Psalm 137:1

2 On willows in its midst we hung our harps.YLT — Psalm 137:2

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.’YLT — Psalm 137:3

4 How do we sing the song of Jehovah, On the land of a stranger?YLT — Psalm 137:4

5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, my right hand forgetteth!YLT — Psalm 137:5

6 My tongue doth cleave to my palate, If I do not remember thee, If I do not exalt Jerusalem above my chief joy.YLT — Psalm 137:6

7 Remember, Jehovah, for the sons of Edom, The day of Jerusalem, Those saying, ‘Rase, rase to its foundation!’YLT — Psalm 137:7

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.YLT — Psalm 137:8

9 O the happiness of him who doth seize, And hath dashed thy sucklings on the rock!YLT — Psalm 137:9