137:1 By the rivers of Babylon we sat down; there we wept when we remembered Zion. |
137:2 On the willows near by we hung up our harps. |
137:3 Those who captured us told us to sing; they told us to entertain them: "Sing us a song about Zion." |
137:4 How can we sing a song to the LORD in a foreign land? |
137:5 May I never be able to play the harp again if I forget you, Jerusalem! |
137:6 May I never be able to sing again if I do not remember you, if I do not think of you as my greatest joy! |
137:7 Remember, LORD, what the Edomites did the day Jerusalem was captured. Remember how they kept saying, "Tear it down to the ground!" |
137:8 Babylon, you will be destroyed. Happy are those who pay you back for what you have done to us--- |
137:9 who take your babies and smash them against a rock. |