Psa 137 | ABEn | STEP | To David through Jeremiah. At the rivers of Babylon, there we sat; and we wept in our remembering Zion.

Psalms 137

PSALM 137

The LORD Remembers Jerusalem

To David through Jeremiah.

1 At the rivers of Babylon, there we sat; and we wept in our remembering Zion. 2 At the willows in the midst of it we hung our instruments. 3 For there [⁴asked ⁵us ¹the ones ²capturing ³us] of words of odes; and the ones having taken us away asked for a hymn -- Sing to us from the odes of Zion! 4 How should we sing the ode of the lord upon [²land ¹an alien]? 5 If I should forget you, O Jerusalem, may [²be forgotten ¹my right hand]. 6 May [²cleave ¹my tongue] to my throat if I do not remember you; if I do not prefer Jerusalem as in the beginning of my gladness. 7 Remember, O lord, the sons of Edom in the day of Jerusalem! The ones saying, Empty it out, empty it out unto its foundations! 8 The daughter of Babylon, the miserable; blessed is the one who shall recompense you with your recompense, which he was recompensing against us. 9 Blessed is the one who shall hold and dash your infants against the rock.