Psalmi 137

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1 Super flumina Babylonis, illic sedimus et flevimus, cum recordaremur Sion.	1 By the rivers of Babylon we sat mourning and weeping when we remembered Zion.
2 In salicibus in medio eius suspendimus citharas nostras.	2 On the poplars of that land we hung up our harps.
3 Quia illic rogaverunt nos, qui captivos duxerunt nos, verba cantionum, et, qui affligebant nos, laetitiam: “ Cantate nobis de canticis Sion ”.	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!"
4 Quomodo cantabimus canticum Domini in terra aliena?	4 But how could we sing a song of the LORD in a foreign land?
5 Si oblitus fuero tui, Ierusalem, oblivioni detur dextera mea;	5 If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand wither.
6 adhaereat lingua mea faucibus meis, si non meminero tui, si non praeposuero Ierusalem in capite laetitiae meae.	6 May my tongue stick to my palate if I do not remember you, If I do not exalt Jerusalem beyond all my delights.
7 Memor esto, Domine, adversus filios Edom diei Ierusalem; qui dicebant: “ Exinanite, exinanite usque ad fundamentum in ea ”.	7 Remember, LORD, against Edom that day at Jerusalem. They said: "Level it, level it down to its foundations!"
8 Filia Babylonis devastans, beatus, qui retribuet tibi retributionem tuam, quam retribuisti nobis;	8 Fair Babylon, you destroyer, happy those who pay you back the evil you have done us!
9 beatus, qui tenebit et allidet parvulos tuos ad petram.	9 Happy those who seize your children and smash them against a rock.