137Psalms 137

PSAL. CXXXVII. / 1 The constancie of the Iewes in captiuity. 7 The Prophet curseth Edom and Babel.

1By the riuers of Babylon, there wee sate downe, yea we wept: when we remembred Zion.Select Psalms 137:1

2Wee hanged our harpes vpon the willowes, in the midst thereof.Select Psalms 137:2

3For there they that carried vs away captiue, required of vs a song, and they that wasted vs, required of vs mirth: saying, Sing vs one of the songs of Zion.Select Psalms 137:3

4How shall we sing the Lords song: in a strange land?Select Psalms 137:4

5If I forget thee, O Ierusalem: let my right hand forget her cunning.Select Psalms 137:5

6If I doe not remember thee, let my tongue cleaue to the roofe of my mouth; if I preferre not Ierusalem aboue my chiefe ioy.Select Psalms 137:6

7Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom, in the day of Ierusalem; who sayd, rase it, rase it: euen to the foundation thereof.Select Psalms 137:7

8O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed: happy shall he be that rewardeth thee, as thou hast serued vs.Select Psalms 137:8

9Happy shall he be that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.Select Psalms 137:9