Psalm 136
1 [1]For David, a Psalm of Jeremias.
By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat;
and wept when we remembered Sion.
2 We hung our [2]harps on the willows in the midst of it.
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 How should we sing the Lord’s song [3]in a strange land?
5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill.
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 Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem;
who said, [4]Raze it, raze it, even to its foundations.
8 Wretched daughter of Babylon!
blessed shall he be who shall reward thee as thou hast rewarded us.
9 Blessed shall he be who shall seize and dash thine infants against the rock.