Psalms 137:1 (ASV)
By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down, yea, we wept, When we remembered Zion.

Psalms 137:2 (ASV)
Upon the willows in the midst thereof We hanged up our harps.

Psalms 137:3 (ASV)
For there they that led us captive required of us songs, And they that wasted us `required of us' mirth, `saying', Sing us one of the songs of Zion.

Psalms 137:4 (ASV)
How shall we sing Jehovah's song In a foreign land?

Psalms 137:5 (ASV)
If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, Let my right hand forget `her skill'.

Psalms 137:6 (ASV)
Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, If I remember thee not; If I prefer not Jerusalem Above my chief joy.

Psalms 137:7 (ASV)
Remember, O Jehovah, against the children of Edom The day of Jerusalem; Who said, Rase it, rase it, Even to the foundation thereof.

Psalms 137:8 (ASV)
O daughter of Babylon, that art to be destroyed, Happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee As thou hast served us.

Psalms 137:9 (ASV)
Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones Against the rock.
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