Psalms, 137

¹ By the rivers^*1 of Babylon^*2—there we sat down. We also wept when we remembered Zion.

² Upon the poplar trees in the midst of her^*1 We hung our harps.

³ For there those holding us captive asked us for the words of a song, And those mocking^*1 us—for rejoicing: “SING for us one of the songs of Zion.”

⁴ How can we sing the song of Jehovah Upon foreign ground?^*1

⁵ If I should forget you, O Jerusalem, Let my right hand be forgetful.

⁶ Let my tongue stick to my palate, If I were not to remember you, If I were not to make Jerusalem ascend Above my chief cause for rejoicing.

⁷ Remember, O Jehovah, regarding the sons of Eʹdom the day of Jerusalem, Who were saying: “Lay [it] bare! Lay [it] bare to the foundation within it!”

⁸ O daughter of Babylon, who are to be despoiled, Happy will he be that rewards you With your own treatment with which you treated us.

⁹ Happy will he be that grabs ahold and does dash to pieces Your children against the crag.