137:1 By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down and wept, When we remembered Zion. |
137:2 Upon the willows in the midst of it We hung our harps. |
137:3 For there our captors demanded of us songs, And our tormentors mirth, saying, "Sing us one of the songs of Zion." |
137:4 How can we sing the LORD'S song In a foreign land? |
137:5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem, May my right hand forget her skill. |
137:6 May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth If I do not remember you, If I do not exalt Jerusalem Above my chief joy. |
137:7 Remember, O LORD, against the sons of Edom The day of Jerusalem, Who said, "Raze it, raze it To its very foundation." |
137:8 O daughter of Babylon, you devastated one, How You will bless the one who repays you With the recompense with which you have repaid us. |
137:9 How You will bless the one who seizes and dashes your little ones Against the rock. |