137:1 By the waters of Babylon, there we sat down and wept, when we remembered Zion.
137:1 By the rivers of Babylon--there we sat down and there we wept when we remembered Zion.

137:2 On the willows there we hung up our lyres.
137:2 On the willows there we hung up our harps.

137:3 For there our captors required of us songs, and our tormentors, mirth, saying, "Sing us one of the songs of Zion!"
137:3 For there our captors asked us for songs, and our tormentors asked for mirth, saying, "Sing us one of the songs of Zion!"

137:4 How shall we sing the LORD's song in a foreign land?
137:4 How could we sing the LORD's song in a foreign land?

137:5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand wither!
137:5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand wither!

137:6 Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you, if I do not set Jerusalem above my highest joy!
137:6 Let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you, if I do not set Jerusalem above my highest joy.

137:7 Remember, O LORD, against the E'domites the day of Jerusalem, how they said, "Rase it, rase it! Down to its foundations!"
137:7 Remember, O LORD, against the Edomites the day of Jerusalem's fall, how they said, "Tear it down! Tear it down! Down to its foundations!"

137:8 O daughter of Babylon, you devastator! Happy shall he be who requites you with what you have done to us!
137:8 O daughter Babylon, you devastator! Happy shall they be who pay you back what you have done to us!

137:9 Happy shall he be who takes your little ones and dashes them against the rock!
137:9 Happy shall they be who take your little ones and dash them against the rock!