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Psalms 137

1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat, yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion.

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

2 On [the] willows in her midst, we hung up our lyres.

2 There on the poplars we hung our harps,

3 For there our captors asked of us words of a song, and our tormentors [asked of us] jubilation, "Sing for us from a song of Zion."

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 could we sing the song of Yahweh in {a foreign land}?

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

5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget.

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

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

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, O Yahweh, against the sons of Edom the day of Jerusalem, the ones who said, "Lay [it] bare! Lay [it] bare to its foundation!"

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

8 O daughter of Babylon, about to be devastated, happy [shall be he] who pays back to you {what you paid out to us}.

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

9 Happy [shall be he] who seizes and smashes your children against the rock.

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