137:1 |
By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. |
137:2 |
We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. |
137:3 |
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. |
137:4 |
How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land? |
137:5 |
If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. |
137:6 |
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. |
137:7 |
Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Raze it, raze it, even to the foundation thereof. |
137:8 |
O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. |
137:9 |
Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones. |