Psalms 137
1 By the
rivers of
Babylon, there we sat
down, yea, we
wept, when we
remembered Zion. 2 We
hanged our
harps upon the
willows in the
midst thereof.
3 For there they that carried us away
captive required of us a
song; and they that
wasted us required of us
mirth, saying,
Sing us one of the
songs of
Zion. 4 How shall we
sing the
LORD'S song in a
strange land? 5 If I
forget thee, O
Jerusalem, let my right
hand forget her cunning.
6 If I do not
remember thee, let my
tongue cleave to the roof of my
mouth; if I
prefer not
Jerusalem above my
chief joy. 7 Remember, O
LORD, the
children of
Edom in the
day of
Jerusalem; who
said,
Rase it,
rase it, even to the
foundation thereof.
8 O
daughter of
Babylon, who art to be
destroyed;
happy shall he be, that
rewardeth thee as thou hast
served us.
9 Happy shall he be, that
taketh and
dasheth thy little
ones against the
stones.