137:1 By rivers of Babylon -- There we did sit, Yea, we wept when we remembered Zion.
The YLT Book of Psalms , Chapter 137 , Verse 1 , By rivers of Babylon -- There we did sit, Yea, we wept when we remembered Zion.
137:2 On willows in its midst we hung our harps.
The YLT Book of Psalms , Chapter 137 , Verse 2 , On willows in its midst we hung our harps.
137:3 For there our captors asked us the words of a song, And our spoilers -- joy: `Sing ye to us of a song of Zion.'
The YLT Book of Psalms , Chapter 137 , Verse 3 , For there our captors asked us the words of a song, And our spoilers -- joy: `Sing ye to us of a song of Zion.'
137:4 How do we sing the song of Jehovah, On the land of a stranger?
The YLT Book of Psalms , Chapter 137 , Verse 4 , How do we sing the song of Jehovah, On the land of a stranger?
137:5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, my right hand forgetteth!
The YLT Book of Psalms , Chapter 137 , Verse 5 , If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, my right hand forgetteth!
137:6 My tongue doth cleave to my palate, If I do not remember thee, If I do not exalt Jerusalem above my chief joy.
The YLT Book of Psalms , Chapter 137 , Verse 6 , My tongue doth cleave to my palate, If I do not remember thee, If I do not exalt Jerusalem above my chief joy.
137:7 Remember, Jehovah, for the sons of Edom, The day of Jerusalem, Those saying, `Rase, rase to its foundation!'
The YLT Book of Psalms , Chapter 137 , Verse 7 , Remember, Jehovah, for the sons of Edom, The day of Jerusalem, Those saying, `Rase, rase to its foundation!'
137:8 O daughter of Babylon, O destroyed one, O the happiness of him who repayeth to thee thy deed, That thou hast done to us.
The YLT Book of Psalms , Chapter 137 , Verse 8 , O daughter of Babylon, O destroyed one, O the happiness of him who repayeth to thee thy deed, That thou hast done to us.
137:9 O the happiness of him who doth seize, And hath dashed thy sucklings on the rock!
The YLT Book of Psalms , Chapter 137 , Verse 9 , O the happiness of him who doth seize, And hath dashed thy sucklings on the rock!