| 137:1 | By the rivers of Babylon, |
| There we sat down, yea, we wept, | |
| When we remembered Zion. | |
| 137:2 | Upon the willows in the midst thereof We hanged up our harps. |
| 137:3 | 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. | |
| 137:4 | How shall we sing Jehovah's song |
| In a foreign land? | |
| 137:5 | If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, |
| Let my right hand forget her skill. | |
| 137:6 | Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, |
| If I remember thee not; | |
| If I prefer not Jerusalem | |
| Above my chief joy. | |
| 137:7 | Remember, O Jehovah, against the children of Edom |
| The day of Jerusalem; | |
| Who said, Rase it, rase it, | |
| Even to the foundation thereof. | |
| 137:8 | O daughter of Babylon, that art to be destroyed, |
| Happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee | |
| As thou hast served us. | |
| 137:9 | Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones |
| Against the rock. |