Psalms 137

Thomson(i) 1 For David, a Psalm of Jeremias. By the rivers of Babylon there we sat down and wept, when we remembered Sion. 2 Upon the willows in the midst of it we hung up our harps; 3 for there they who had captivated us, asked of us the words of a song: and they who had led us away, asked for a hymn, saying, Sing for us some of the odes of Sion. 4 How can we sing the song of the Lord in a strange country? 5 Jerusalem, if I forget thee, let my right hand be forgotten. 6 Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember thee; if I set not Jerusalem foremost, as the chief object of my joy. 7 Remember, Lord, the children of Edom; who in the day of Jerusalem said, Rase! Rase! down to its foundations! 8 O daughter of Babylon the miserable! Happy he who shall render thee thy recompense; for what thou hast done to us! 9 Happy be who shall seize and dash thy infants against stones!