137:1 By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down, yea, we wept, When we remembered Zion. |
137:2 Upon the willows in the midst thereof We hanged up our harps. |
137:3 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. |
137:4 How shall we sing Jehovah's song In a foreign land? |
137:5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, Let my right hand forget `her skill'. |
137:6 Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, If I remember thee not; If I prefer not Jerusalem Above my chief joy. |
137:7 Remember, O Jehovah, against the children of Edom The day of Jerusalem; Who said, Rase it, rase it, Even to the foundation thereof. |
137:8 O daughter of Babylon, that art to be destroyed, Happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee As thou hast served us. |
137:9 Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones Against the rock. Psalm 138 A `Psalm' of David. |