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.