Psalms 136

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	VULGATA
1 A Psalm of David: to Jeremiah. Above the rivers of Babylon, there we sat and wept, while we remembered Zion.	1 Psalmus David, Jeremiæ. Super flumina Babylonis illic sedimus et flevimus, cum recordaremur Sion.
2 By the willow trees, in their midst, we hung up our instruments.	2 In salicibus in medio ejus suspendimus organa nostra :
3 For, in that place, those who led us into captivity questioned us about the words of the songs. And those who carried us away said: “Sing us a hymn from the songs of Zion.”	3 quia illic interrogaverunt nos, qui captivos duxerunt nos, verba cantionum ; et qui abduxerunt nos : Hymnum cantate nobis de canticis Sion.
4 How can we sing a song of the Lord in a foreign land?	4 Quomodo cantabimus canticum Domini in terra aliena ?
5 If I ever forget you, Jerusalem, let my right hand be forgotten.	5 Si oblitus fuero tui, Jerusalem, oblivioni detur dextera mea.
6 May my tongue adhere to my jaws, if I do not remember you, if I do not set Jerusalem first, as the beginning of my joy.	6 Adhæreat lingua mea faucibus meis, si non meminero tui ; si non proposuero Jerusalem in principio lætitiæ meæ.
7 O Lord, call to mind the sons of Edom, in the day of Jerusalem, who say: “Despoil it, despoil it, even to its foundation.”	7 Memor esto, Domine, filiorum Edom, in die Jerusalem : qui dicunt : Exinanite, exinanite usque ad fundamentum in ea.
8 O daughter of Babylon, have pity. Blessed is he who will repay you with your payment, which you have paid to us.	8 Filia Babylonis misera ! beatus qui retribuet tibi retributionem tuam quam retribuisti nobis.
9 Blessed is he who will take hold of your little ones and dash them against the rock.	9 Beatus qui tenebit, et allidet parvulos tuos ad petram.