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137:1  Alongside Babylon’s streams, there we sat down, crying because we remembered Zion.
137:2  We hung our lyres up in the trees there
137:3  because that’s where our captors asked us to sing; our tormentors requested songs of joy: “Sing us a song about Zion!” they said.
137:4  But how could we possibly sing the Lord’s song on foreign soil?
137:5  Jerusalem! If I forget you, let my strong hand wither!
137:6  Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I don’t remember you, if I don’t make Jerusalem my greatest joy.
137:7  Lord, remember what the Edomites did on Jerusalem’s dark day: “Rip it down, rip it down! All the way to its foundations!” they yelled.
137:8  Daughter Babylon, you destroyer, a blessing on the one who pays you back the very deed you did to us!
137:9  A blessing on the one who seizes your children and smashes them against the rock!