Psalms 137 — parallel

137:1

Sur les bords des fleuves de Babylone,

By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.

137:2

Aux saules de la contrée

There on we hung our harps,

137:3

Là, nos vainqueurs nous demandaient des chants,

for there our captors requested a song; our tormentors demanded songs of joy: “Sing us a song of Zion.”

137:4

Comment chanterions-nous les cantiques de l’Éternel

How can we sing a song of the LORD in a foreign land?

137:5

Si je t’oublie, Jérusalem,

If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand cease to function.

137:6

Que ma langue s’attache à mon palais,

May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy!

137:7

Éternel, souviens-toi des enfants d’Édom,

Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “tear it down to its foundations!”

137:8

Fille de Babylone, la dévastée,

O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us.

137:9

Heureux qui saisit tes enfants,

Blessed is he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.