Salmi 137

NOVA VULGATA	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Super flumina Babylonis, illic sedimus et flevimus, cum recordaremur Sion.	1 By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept at the memory of Zion.
2 In salicibus in medio eius suspendimus citharas nostras.	2 On the poplars there we had 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 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 Quomodo cantabimus canticum Domini in terra aliena?	4 How could we sing a song of Yahweh on alien soil?
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 remain stuck to my palate if I do not keep you in mind, if I do not count Jerusalem thegreatest of my joys.
7 Memor esto, Domine, adversus filios Edom diei Ierusalem; qui dicebant: “ Exinanite, exinanite usque ad fundamentum in ea ”.	7 Remember, Yahweh, to the Edomites' cost, the day of Jerusalem, how they said, 'Down with it! Raseit to the ground!'
8 Filia Babylonis devastans, beatus, qui retribuet tibi retributionem tuam, quam retribuisti nobis;	8 Daughter of Babel, doomed to destruction, a blessing on anyone who treats you as you treated us,
9 beatus, qui tenebit et allidet parvulos tuos ad petram.	9 a blessing on anyone who seizes your babies and shatters them against a rock!