Psalm 137

By the Rivers of Babylon

1By the rivers of Babylon,
there we sat down and wept
when we remembered Zion. 2On the willows there
we hung up our lyres. 3For there our captors asked us for songs,
and our tormentors asked for mirth:
“Sing for us one of the songs of Zion!” 4How can we sing the LORD’s song
on foreign soil?

If I Forget You, Jerusalem

5If I forget you, 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 set Jerusalem
above my highest joy.

Remember, O LORD

7Remember, O LORD, against the children of Edom
the day of Jerusalem,
how they said, “Tear it down! Tear it down!
Down to its foundations!” 8Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction,
happy is the one who repays you
for what you have done to us. 9Happy is the one who seizes your little ones
and dashes them against the rock.