Psalm 137

1. 1

   By the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept, *
   when we remembered you, O Zion.

2. 2

   As for our harps, we hung them up *
   on the trees in the midst of that land.

3. 3

   For those who led us away captive asked us for a song, and our oppressors called for mirth: *
   "Sing us one of the songs of Zion."

4. 4

   How shall we sing the LORD'S song *
   upon an alien soil?

5. 5

   If I forget you, O Jerusalem, *
   let my right hand forget its skill.

6. 6

   Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, *
   if I do not set Jerusalem above my highest joy.

7. 7

   Remember the day of Jerusalem, O LORD, against the people of Edom, *
   who said, "Down with it! down with it! even to the ground!"

8. 8

   O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, *
   happy the one who pays you back for what you have done to us!

9. 9

   Happy shall he be who takes your little ones, *
   and dashes them against the rock!

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