Psalm 137

Psalm 137

¹By the rivers of Babylon^p we sat and wept^q

when we remembered Zion.^r

²There on the poplars^s

we hung our harps,^t

³for there our captors^u asked us for songs,

our tormentors demanded^v songs of joy;

they said, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”^w

⁴How can we sing the songs of the Lord^x

while in a foreign land?

⁵If I forget you,^y Jerusalem,

may my right hand forget its skill.

⁶May my tongue cling to the roof^z of my mouth

if I do not remember^a you,

if I do not consider Jerusalem^b

my highest joy.

⁷Remember, Lord, what the Edomites^c did

on the day Jerusalem fell.^d

“Tear it down,” they cried,

“tear it down to its foundations!”^e

⁸Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction,^f

happy is the one who repays you

according to what you have done to us.

⁹Happy is the one who seizes your infants

and dashes them^g against the rocks.