The Psalms

Psalm 137

 ^137:1By the rivers of Babylon,

 There we sat down, yea, we wept,

 When we remembered Zion.

 ^137:2Upon the willows in the midst thereof We hanged up our harps.

 ^137:3For there they that led us captive required of us songs,

 And they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying,

 Sing us one of the songs of Zion.

 ^137:4How shall we sing Jehovah's song

 In a foreign land?

 ^137:5If I forget thee, O Jerusalem,

 Let my right hand forget her skill.

 ^137:6Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth,

 If I remember thee not;

 If I prefer not Jerusalem

 Above my chief joy.

 ^137:7Remember, O Jehovah, against the children of Edom

 The day of Jerusalem;

 Who said, Rase it, rase it,

 Even to the foundation thereof.

 ^137:8O daughter of Babylon, that art to be destroyed,

 Happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee

 As thou hast served us.

 ^137:9Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones

 Against the rock.