Psalmorum 137
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
Berean Standard Bible
1Ipsi David. [Confitebor tibi, Domine, in toto corde meo, quoniam audisti verba oris mei. In conspectu angelorum psallam tibi;
1By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.
2adorabo ad templum sanctum tuum, et confitebor nomini tuo: super misericordia tua et veritate tua; quoniam magnificasti super omne, nomen sanctum tuum.
2There on the willows we hung our harps,
3In quacumque die invocavero te, exaudi me; multiplicabis in anima mea virtutem.
3for there our captors requested a song; our tormentors demanded songs of joy: “Sing us a song of Zion.”
4Confiteantur tibi, Domine, omnes reges terræ, quia audierunt omnia verba oris tui.
4How can we sing a song of the LORD in a foreign land?
5Et cantent in viis Domini, quoniam magna est gloria Domini;
5If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand cease to function.
6quoniam excelsus Dominus, et humilia respicit, et alta a longe cognoscit.
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!
7Si ambulavero in medio tribulationis, vivificabis me; et super iram inimicorum meorum extendisti manum tuam, et salvum me fecit dextera tua.
7Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “tear it down to its foundations!”
8Dominus retribuet pro me. Domine, misericordia tua in sæculum; opera manuum tuarum ne despicias.]
8O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us.
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9Blessed is he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.
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