137 By the rivers of Babylon+—there we sat down.+
We also wept when we remembered Zion.+
2 Upon the poplar+ trees in the midst of her
We hung our harps.+
3 For there those holding us captive asked us for the words of a song,+
And those mocking us—for rejoicing:+
“SING for us one of the songs of Zion.”+
4 How can we sing the song of Jehovah+
Upon foreign ground?+
5 If I should forget you, O Jerusalem,+
Let my right hand be forgetful.
6 Let my tongue stick to my palate,+
If I were not to remember you,+
If I were not to make Jerusalem ascend
Above my chief cause for rejoicing.+
7 Remember,+ O Jehovah, regarding the sons of Eʹdom+ the day of Jerusalem,+
Who were saying: “Lay [it] bare! Lay [it] bare to the foundation within it!”+
8 O daughter of Babylon, who are to be despoiled,+
Happy will he be that rewards you+
With your own treatment with which you treated us.+
9 Happy will he be that grabs ahold and does dash to pieces+
Your children against the crag.