Psalms 137

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 By the rivers of Babylon we sat mourning and weeping when we remembered Zion.	1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
2 On the poplars of that land we hung up our harps.	2 We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
3 There our captors asked us for the words of a song; Our tormentors, for a joyful song: "Sing for us a song of Zion!"	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.
4 But how could we sing a song of the LORD in a foreign land?	4 How shall we sing the LORD's song in a strange land?
5 If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand wither.	5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.
6 May my tongue stick to my palate if I do not remember you, If I do not exalt Jerusalem beyond all my delights.	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.
7 Remember, LORD, against Edom that day at Jerusalem. They said: "Level it, level it down to its foundations!"	7 Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.
8 Fair Babylon, you destroyer, happy those who pay you back the evil you have done us!	8 O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
9 Happy those who seize your children and smash them against a rock.	9 Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.