Psalms 137 - Amplified Bible(AMP)

An Experience of the Captivity.

1By the rivers of Babylon,

There we sat down and wept,

When we remembered Zion.

2On the willow trees in the midst of Babylon

We hung our harps.

3For there they who took us captive demanded of us a song with words,

And our tormentors amusement, saying,

“Sing us one of the songs of Zion.”

4¶How can we sing the Lord’s song

In a strange and foreign land?

5If I forget you, O Jerusalem,

Let my right hand forget.

6Let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth

If I do not remember you,

If I do not prefer Jerusalem

Above my chief joy.

7¶Remember, O Lord, against the sons of Edom,

The day of Jerusalem,

Who said “Down, down

To her very foundation.”

8O daughter of Babylon, you devastator,

How blessed will be the one

Who repays you as you have repaid us.

9How blessed will be the one who seizes and dashes your little ones

Against the rock.