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137:1	By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
137:2	We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
137:3	For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
137:4	How shall we sing the LORD's song in a strange land?
137:5	If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.
137:6	If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
137:7	Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, Rase it, even to the foundation thereof.
137:8	O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
137:9	Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.


137:1	על נהרות בבל שׁם ישׁבנו גם בכינו בזכרנו את ציון׃
137:2	על ערבים בתוכה תלינו כנרותינו׃
137:3	כי שׁם שׁאלונו שׁובינו דברי שׁיר ותוללינו שׂמחה שׁירו לנו משׁיר ציון׃
137:4	איך נשׁיר את שׁיר יהוה על אדמת נכר׃
137:5	אם אשׁכחך ירושׁלם תשׁכח ימיני׃
137:6	תדבק לשׁוני לחכי אם לא אזכרכי אם לא אעלה את ירושׁלם על ראשׁ שׂמחתי׃
137:7	זכר יהוה לבני אדום את יום ירושׁלם האמרים ערו ערו עד היסוד׃
137:8	בת בבל השׁדודה אשׁרי שׁישׁלם לך את גמולך שׁגמלת׃
137:9	אשׁרי שׁיאחז ונפץ את עלליך אל הסלע׃


137:1	By rivers of Babylon -- There we did sit, Yea, we wept when we remembered Zion.
137:2	On willows in its midst we hung our harps.
137:3	For there our captors asked us the words of a song, And our spoilers -- joy: `Sing ye to us of a song of Zion.'
137:4	How do we sing the song of Jehovah, On the land of a stranger?
137:5	If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, my right hand forgetteth!
137:6	My tongue doth cleave to my palate, If I do not remember thee, If I do not exalt Jerusalem above my chief joy.
137:7	Remember, Jehovah, for the sons of Edom, The day of Jerusalem, Those saying, `Rase, rase to its foundation!'
137:8	O daughter of Babylon, O destroyed one, O the happiness of him who repayeth to thee thy deed, That thou hast done to us.
137:9	O the happiness of him who doth seize, And hath dashed thy sucklings on the rock!