137:1 By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down, yea, we wept, When we remembered Zion.
137:1 By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down and wept, When we remembered Zion.

137:2 Upon the willows in the midst thereof We hanged up our harps.
137:2 Upon the willows in the midst of it We hung our harps.

137:3 For there they that led us captive required of us songs, And they that wasted us (required of us) mirth, (saying), Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
137:3 For there our captors demanded of us songs, And our tormentors mirth, [saying], "Sing us one of the songs of Zion."

137:4 How shall we sing Jehovah's song In a foreign land?
137:4 How can we sing the Lord's song In a foreign land?

137:5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, Let my right hand forget (her skill).
137:5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem, May my right hand forget [her skill.]

137:6 Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, If I remember thee not; If I prefer not Jerusalem Above my chief joy.
137:6 May my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, If I do not remember you, If I do not exalt Jerusalem Above my chief joy.

137:7 Remember, O Jehovah, against the children of Edom The day of Jerusalem; Who said, Rase it, rase it, Even to the foundation thereof.
137:7 Remember, O LORD, against the sons of Edom The day of Jerusalem, Who said, "Raze it, raze it, To its very foundation."

137:8 O daughter of Babylon, that art to be destroyed, Happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee As thou hast served us.
137:8 O daughter of Babylon, you devastated one, How blessed will be the one who repays you With the recompense with which you have repaid us.

137:9 Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones Against the rock.
137:9 How blessed will be the one who seizes and dashes your little ones Against the rock.