BY the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept when we remembered Zion.

2 We hung our harps upon the willows in the midst of it.

3 For there those who carried us away captive asked of us a song, and those who plundered us requested mirth, saying, "Sing us one of the songs of Zion! "

4 How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a foreign land?

5 If I forget You, O Jerusalem, let my rigth hand forget its skill!

6 If I do not remember you, let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth - if I do not exalt Jerusalem above my chief joy.

7 Remember, O LORD, against the sons of Edom the day of Jerusalem, who said, "Raze it, raze it, to its very foundation! "

8 O daughter of Babylon, who are be destroyed, happy the one who repays you as you have served us !

9 Happy the one who takes and dashes your little ones against the rock! PSALM 137