Psalms 136 — parallel

136:1

For David, [a Psalm] of Jeremias. By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat; and wept when we remembered Sion.

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136:2

We hung our harps on the willows in the midst of it.

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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.

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136:4

How should we sing the Lord's song in a strange land?

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136:5

If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget [its skill].

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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.

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136:7

Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase [it], rase [it], even to its foundations.

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136:8

Wretched daughter of Babylon! blessed [shall he be] who shall reward thee as thou hast rewarded us.

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136:9

Blessed [shall he be] who shall seize and dash thine infants against the rock.

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