<< Psalm 137 >> New American Standard Bible © An Experience of the Captivity. 1 By the rivers of Babylon,  There we sat down and wept,  When we remembered Zion. 2 Upon the willows in the midst of it  We hung our harps. 3 For there our captors demanded of us songs,  And our tormentors mirth, saying,  “Sing us one of the songs of Zion.” 4 How can we sing the LORD’S song  In a foreign land? 5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem,  May my right hand forget her skill. 6 May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth  If I do not remember you,  If I do not exalt Jerusalem  Above my chief joy. 7 Remember, O LORD, against the sons of Edom  The day of Jerusalem,  Who said, “Raze it, raze it  To its very foundation.” 8 O daughter of Babylon, you devastated one,  How blessed will be the one who repays you  With the recompense with which you have repaid us. 9 How blessed will be the one who seizes and dashes your little ones  Against the rock. New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org. Online Parallel Bible