Psalm 137

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