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 willows 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 How shall we sing the LORD’s song in a strange land?

5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.

6 If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.

7 Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.

8 O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.

9 Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.

Psalm 137:3, notes a and b a a song: Heb. the words of a song b wasted…: Heb. laid us on heapsPsalm 137:4, note c strange…: Heb. land of a stranger?Psalm 137:6, note d my chief…: Heb. the head of my joyPsalm 137:7, note e Rase it: Heb. Make barePsalm 137:8, notes f and g f destroyed: Heb. wasted g rewardeth…: Heb. recompenseth unto thee thy deed which thou didst to usPsalm 137:9, note h the stones: Heb. the rock