Psalms 137
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.
1Ipsi David. [Confitebor tibi, Domine, in toto corde meo, quoniam audisti verba oris mei. In conspectu angelorum psallam tibi;
2There on the willows we hung our harps,
2adorabo ad templum sanctum tuum, et confitebor nomini tuo: super misericordia tua et veritate tua; quoniam magnificasti super omne, nomen sanctum tuum.
3for there our captors requested a song; our tormentors demanded songs of joy: “Sing us a song of Zion.”
3In quacumque die invocavero te, exaudi me; multiplicabis in anima mea virtutem.
4How can we sing a song of the LORD in a foreign land?
4Confiteantur tibi, Domine, omnes reges terræ, quia audierunt omnia verba oris tui.
5If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand cease to function.
5Et cantent in viis Domini, quoniam magna est gloria Domini;
6May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy!
6quoniam excelsus Dominus, et humilia respicit, et alta a longe cognoscit.
7Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “tear it down to its foundations!”
7Si ambulavero in medio tribulationis, vivificabis me; et super iram inimicorum meorum extendisti manum tuam, et salvum me fecit dextera tua.
8O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us.
8Dominus retribuet pro me. Domine, misericordia tua in sæculum; opera manuum tuarum ne despicias.]
9Blessed is he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.
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