Psalm 137

Psalm 137

¹By the rivers of Babylon,

There we sat down, yea, we wept

When we remembered Zion.

²We hung our harps

Upon the willows in the midst of it.

³For there those who carried us away captive asked of us a song,

And those who ^aplundered us requested mirth,

Saying, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”

⁴How shall we sing the Lord’s song

In a foreign land?

⁵If I forget you, O Jerusalem,

Let my right hand forget its skill!

⁶If I do not remember you,

Let my ^btongue cling to the roof of my mouth—

If I do not exalt Jerusalem

Above my chief joy.

⁷Remember, O Lord, against ^cthe sons of Edom

The day of Jerusalem,

Who said, ¹“Raze it, raze it,

To its very foundation!”

⁸O daughter of Babylon, ^dwho are to be destroyed,

Happy the one ^ewho repays you as you have served us!

⁹Happy the one who takes and ^fdashes

Your little ones against the rock!