Psalms 137 : 1 (NET)
By the rivers of Babylon we sit down and weep when we remember Zion.
Psalms 137 : 2 (NET)
On the poplars in her midst we hang our harps,
Psalms 137 : 3 (NET)
for there our captors ask us to compose songs; those who mock us demand that we be happy, saying: "Sing for us a song about Zion!"
Psalms 137 : 4 (NET)
How can we sing a song to the LORD in a foreign land?
Psalms 137 : 5 (NET)
If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand be crippled!
Psalms 137 : 6 (NET)
May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you, and do not give Jerusalem priority over whatever gives me the most joy.
Psalms 137 : 7 (NET)
Remember, O LORD, what the Edomites did on the day Jerusalem fell. They said, "Tear it down, tear it down, right to its very foundation!"
Psalms 137 : 8 (NET)
O daughter Babylon, soon to be devastated! How blessed will be the one who repays you for what you dished out to us!
Psalms 137 : 9 (NET)
How blessed will be the one who grabs your babies and smashes them on a rock!
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