Psalm 137

1  *By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept,

When we remembered Zion.

2  We hanged our harps

Upon the awillows in the midst thereof.

3  For there they that carried us away captive required of us †a song;

And they that †wasted us required of us mirth,

Saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.

4  bHow shall we sing the Lord’s song

In a †strange land?

5  If I forget thee, O Jerusalem,

bbLet my right hand forget her cunning.

6  If I do not remember thee,

Let my ctongue cleave to the roof of my mouth;

If I prefer not Jerusalem above †my chief joy.

7  Remember, O Lord, dthe children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem;

Who said, †Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.

8  O daughter of Babylon, ewho art to be †destroyed;

Happy shall he be, †gthat hrewardeth thee

As thou hast served us.

9  Happy shall he be, that taketh

And idasheth thy little ones against †the stones.