Psalms 136
By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat; and wept when we remembered Sion.
2 We hung our
bGr. organs, or, instruments.harps on the willows in the midst of it.
3 For there they that had taken us
captive asked of us the words of a song; and they that had carried us away
asked a hymn, saying, Sing
us one of the songs of Sion.
4 How should we sing the Lord's song
cGr. on.in a strange land? 5 If I forget
thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget
its skill.
6 May my tongue cleave to my throat,
if I do not remember thee; if I do not prefer Jerusalem as the chief of my
joy.
7 Remember, O Lord, the children of
Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it,
dGr. empty, empty.rase it, even to its foundations.
8 Wretched daughter of Babylon!
blessed shall he be who shall reward thee as thou
hast rewarded us. 9 Blessed
shall he be who shall seize and dash thine infants
against the rock.