Psalmi 136

VULGATA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Psalmus David, Jeremiæ. Super flumina Babylonis illic sedimus et flevimus, cum recordaremur Sion.	1 A Psalm of David: to Jeremiah. Above the rivers of Babylon, there we sat and wept, while we remembered Zion.
2 In salicibus in medio ejus suspendimus organa nostra :	2 By the willow trees, in their midst, we hung up our instruments.
3 quia illic interrogaverunt nos, qui captivos duxerunt nos, verba cantionum ; et qui abduxerunt nos : Hymnum cantate nobis de canticis Sion.	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.”
4 Quomodo cantabimus canticum Domini in terra aliena ?	4 How can we sing a song of the Lord in a foreign land?
5 Si oblitus fuero tui, Jerusalem, oblivioni detur dextera mea.	5 If I ever forget you, Jerusalem, let my right hand be forgotten.
6 Adhæreat lingua mea faucibus meis, si non meminero tui ; si non proposuero Jerusalem in principio lætitiæ meæ.	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.
7 Memor esto, Domine, filiorum Edom, in die Jerusalem : qui dicunt : Exinanite, exinanite usque ad fundamentum in ea.	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.”
8 Filia Babylonis misera ! beatus qui retribuet tibi retributionem tuam quam retribuisti nobis.	8 O daughter of Babylon, have pity. Blessed is he who will repay you with your payment, which you have paid to us.
9 Beatus qui tenebit, et allidet parvulos tuos ad petram.	9 Blessed is he who will take hold of your little ones and dash them against the rock.