Psa 137 | RLT | STEP | By the rivers of Babylon , there we sat down , yea, we wept , when we remembered Zion .

‏ Psalms 137

PSAL. CXXXVII.

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. ^{▼▼ a song: Heb. the words of a song.
,} ^{▼▼ wasted…: Heb. laid us on heaps.} 4 How shall we sing Yhwh's song in a strange land? ^{▼▼ strange…: Heb. land of a stranger?} 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. ^{▼▼ my chief…: Heb. the head of my joy.} 7 Remember, O Yhwh, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof. ^{▼▼ Rase it: Heb. Make bare.} 8 O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. ^{▼▼ destroyed: Heb. wasted.
,} ^{▼▼ rewardeth…: Heb. recompenseth unto thee thy deed which thou didst to us.} 9 Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones. ^{▼▼ the stones: Heb. the rock.}