Psalm 137

Lexham English Bible

137 By the rivers of Babylon,
there we sat, yes, we wept,
when we remembered Zion.
² On the willows^[a] in her midst,
we hung up our lyres.
³ For there our captors asked of us
words of a song,
and our tormentors^[b] asked of us jubilation,
“Sing for us from a song of Zion.”
⁴ How could we sing the song of Yahweh
in a foreign land?^[c]
5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem,
let my right hand forget.^[d]
6 Let 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.
⁷ Remember, O Yahweh, against the sons of Edom
the day of Jerusalem,
the ones who said, “Lay it bare! Lay it bare
to its foundation!”
⁸ O daughter of Babylon, about to be devastated,
happy shall be he who pays back to you
what you paid out to us.^[e]
9 Happy shall be he who seizes
and smashes your children
against the rock.