By the Rivers of Babylon

1(136:1) For David, a Psalm of Jeremias. By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat; and wept when we remembered Sion.

2(136:2) We hung our harps on the willows in the midst of it.

3(136:3) For there they that had taken us captive asked of us the words of a song; and they that had carried us away asked a hymn, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Sion.

4(136:4) How should we sing the Lord's song in a strange land?

5(136:5) If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill.

6(136:6) May my tongue cleave to my throat, if I do not remember thee; if I do not prefer Jerusalem as the chief of my joy.

7(136:7) Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to its foundations.

8(136:8) Wretched daughter of Babylon! blessed shall he be who shall reward thee as thou hast rewarded us.

9(136:9) Blessed shall he be who shall seize and dash thine infants against the rock.