Psalms 138

DOUAI-RHEIMS	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Upon the rivers of Babylon, there we sat and wept: when we remembered Sion:	1 [Of David] I thank you, Yahweh, with all my heart, for you have listened to the cry I uttered. In thepresence of angels I sing to you,
2 On the willows in the midst thereof we hung up our instruments.	2 I bow down before your holy Temple. I praise your name for your faithful love and your constancy;your promises surpass even your fame.
3 For there they that led us into captivity required of us the words of songs. And they that carried us away, said: Sing ye to us a hymn of the songs of Sion.	3 You heard me on the day when I cal ed, and you gave new strength to my heart.
4 How shall we sing the song of the Lord in a strange land?	4 Al the kings of the earth give thanks to you, Yahweh, when they hear the promises you make;
5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand be forgotten.	5 they sing of Yahweh's ways, 'Great is the glory of Yahweh!'
6 Let my tongue cleave to my jaws, if I do not remember thee: If I make not Jerusalem the beginning of my joy.	6 Sublime as he is, Yahweh looks on the humble, the proud he picks out from afar.
7 Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom, in the day of Jerusalem: Who say: Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.	7 Though I live surrounded by trouble you give me life -- to my enemies' fury! You stretch out your righthand and save me,
8 O daughter of Babylon, miserable: blessed shall he be who shall repay thee thy payment which thou hast paid us.	8 Yahweh will do al things for me. Yahweh, your faithful love endures for ever, do not abandon what you have made.
9 Blessed be he that shall take and dash thy little ones against the rock.