KJ3 Literal Translation
Psalms 137
The constancy of the Jews in captivity. The prophet curses Edom and Babylon.
1There by the rivers of Babylon we sat down; also we wept when we remembered Zion.
2We hung our lyres on the willows in its midst.
3For there our captors asked us the words of a song; yea, our plunderers asked joy, saying, Sing to us a song of Zion.
4How shall we sing the song of Jehovah on a foreign land?
5If I forget you, O Jerusalem, my right hand shall forget;
6let my tongue cleave to my palate, if I do not remember you, if I do not bring up Jerusalem above the head of my joy.
7O Jehovah, remember for the sons of Edom the day of Jerusalem; who said, Lay it bare! Lay it bare, even to its foundation!
8O daughter of Babylon, O devastated one! Blessed is he who shall repay to you your recompense which you dealt to us.
9Blessed is he who seizes and dashes your little ones against the stone!
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