Psalms 137

KING JAMES BIBLE	NEW JERUSALEM
1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.	1 By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept at the memory of Zion.
2 We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.	2 On the poplars there we had hung up our harps.
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.	3 For there our gaolers had asked us to sing them a song, our captors to make merry, 'Sing us one ofthe songs of Zion.'
4 How shall we sing the LORD's song in a strange land?	4 How could we sing a song of Yahweh on alien soil?
5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.	5 If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand wither!
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.	6 May my tongue remain stuck to my palate if I do not keep you in mind, if I do not count Jerusalem thegreatest of my joys.
7 Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.	7 Remember, Yahweh, to the Edomites' cost, the day of Jerusalem, how they said, 'Down with it! Raseit to the ground!'
8 O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.	8 Daughter of Babel, doomed to destruction, a blessing on anyone who treats you as you treated us,
9 Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.	9 a blessing on anyone who seizes your babies and shatters them against a rock!