Psalms 137
aligned by seat — same row, same verse, whatever each bible numbers it
| v | JPS1917 |
|---|---|
| 1 | By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down, yea, we wept, When we remembered Zion. |
| 2 | Upon the willows in the midst thereof We hanged up our harps. |
| 3 | For there they that led us captive asked of us words of song, And our tormentors asked of us mirth: ‘Sing us one of the songs of Zion.' |
| 4 | How shall we sing the LORD’S song In a foreign land? |
| 5 | If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, Let my right hand forget her cunning. |
| 6 | Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, If I remember thee not; If I set not Jerusalem Above my chiefest joy. |
| 7 | Remember, O LORD, against the children of Edom The day of Jerusalem; Who said: 'Rase it, rase it, Even to the foundation thereof.' |
| 8 | O daughter of Babylon, that art to be destroyed; Happy shall he be, that repayeth thee As thou hast served us. |
| 9 | Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones Against the rock. |