Psalms Capítulo 137

¹ By the waters of Babylon, there we sat down and wept, when we remembered Zion. share content_copy

² On the willows there we hung up our lyres. share content_copy

³ For there our captors required of us songs, and our tormentors, mirth, saying, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!” share content_copy

⁴ How shall we sing the LORD's song in a foreign land? share content_copy

⁵ If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill! share content_copy

⁶ Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you, if I do not set Jerusalem above my highest joy! share content_copy

⁷ Remember, O LORD, against the Edomites the day of Jerusalem, how they said, “Lay it bare, lay it bare, down to its foundations!” share content_copy

⁸ O daughter of Babylon, doomed to be destroyed, blessed shall he be who repays you with what you have done to us! share content_copy

⁹ Blessed shall he be who takes your little ones and dashes them against the rock! share content_copy