King James VersionPsalms137

Psalms

1 By the rivers of Baby­lon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we re­mem­bered Zion.
2 We hanged our harps upon the wil­lows in the midst there­of.
3 For there they that car­ried us away cap­tive re­quired of us a song; and they that wast­ed us re­quired of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
4 How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a strange land?
5 If I for­get thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand for­get her cunning.
6 If I do not re­mem­ber thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I pre­fer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
7 Re­mem­ber, O LORD, the chil­dren of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foun­da­tion there­of.
8 O daugh­ter of Baby­lon, who art to be de­stroyed; hap­py shall he be, that re­wardeth thee as thou hast served us.
9 Hap­py shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy lit­tle ones against the stones.