Psalms 137
World English BibleTranslation
World English Bible
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down. Yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
1Ipsi David. [Confitebor tibi, Domine, in toto corde meo, quoniam audisti verba oris mei. In conspectu angelorum psallam tibi;
2On the willows in that land, we hung up 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, those who led us captive asked us for songs. Those who tormented us demanded songs of joy: “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”
3In quacumque die invocavero te, exaudi me; multiplicabis in anima mea virtutem.
4How can we sing the LORD’s song in a foreign land?
4Confiteantur tibi, Domine, omnes reges terræ, quia audierunt omnia verba oris tui.
5If I forget you, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill.
5Et cantent in viis Domini, quoniam magna est gloria Domini;
6Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I don’t remember you, if I don’t prefer Jerusalem above my chief joy.
6quoniam excelsus Dominus, et humilia respicit, et alta a longe cognoscit.
7Remember, LORD, against the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem, who said, “Raze it! Raze it even to its foundation!”
7Si ambulavero in medio tribulationis, vivificabis me; et super iram inimicorum meorum extendisti manum tuam, et salvum me fecit dextera tua.
8Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, he will be happy who repays you, as you have done to us.
8Dominus retribuet pro me. Domine, misericordia tua in sæculum; opera manuum tuarum ne despicias.]
9Happy shall he be, who takes and dashes your little ones against the rock.
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