Psalms 137

Lament During the Babylonian Exile

1By the rivers of Babylon,

there we sat, yes, we wept,

when we remembered Zion.

2On the willows in her midst,[#Species of tree uncertain]

we hung up our lyres.

3For there our captors asked of us

words of a song,

and our tormentors asked of us jubilation,

“Sing for us from a song of Zion.”

4How could we sing the song of Yahweh

in a foreign land?

5If I forget you, O Jerusalem,

let my right hand forget.

6Let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth,

if I do not remember you,

if do not I exalt Jerusalem

above my highest joy.

7Remember, O Yahweh, against the sons of Edom

the day of Jerusalem,

the ones who said, “Lay it bare! Lay it bare

to its foundation!”

8O daughter of Babylon, about to be devastated,

happy shall be he who pays back to you

what you paid out to us.

9Happy shall be he who seizes

and smashes your children

against the rock.

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