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.