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Psalms 137

1 By the rivers of Bavel we sat down and wept as we remembered Tziyon.

1 By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.

2 We had hung up our lyres on the willows that were there,

2 There on the poplars we hung our harps,

3 when those who had taken us captive asked us to sing them a song; our tormentors demanded joy from us -"Sing us one of the songs from Tziyon!"

3 for there our captors asked us for songs, our tormentors demanded songs of joy; they said, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”

4 How can we sing a song about ADONAI here on foreign soil?

4 How can we sing the songs of the LORD while in a foreign land?

5 If I forget you, Yerushalayim, may my right hand wither away!

5 If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill.

6 May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I fail to remember you, if I fail to count Yerushalayim the greatest of all my joys.

6 May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not consider Jerusalem my highest joy.

7 Remember, ADONAI, against the people of Edom the day of Yerushalayim's fall, how they cried, "Tear it down! Tear it down! Raze it to the ground!"

7 Remember, LORD, what the Edomites did on the day Jerusalem fell. “Tear it down,” they cried, “tear it down to its foundations!”

8 Daughter of Bavel, you will be destroyed! A blessing on anyone who pays you back for the way you treated us!

8 Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction, happy is the one who repays you according to what you have done to us.

9 A blessing on anyone who seizes your babies and smashes them against a rock!

9 Happy is the one who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.