Parallel
Psalms 137
Clementine Vulgate · Berean Standard Bible
Ipsi David. Confitebor tibi, Domine, in toto corde meo, quoniam audisti verba oris mei. In conspectu angelorum psallam tibi ;
By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.
adorabo ad templum sanctum tuum, et confitebor nomini tuo : super misericordia tua et veritate tua ; quoniam magnificasti super omne, nomen sanctum tuum.
There on the willows (note: Or poplars) we hung our harps,
In quacumque die invocavero te, exaudi me ; multiplicabis in anima mea virtutem.
for there our captors requested a song; our tormentors demanded songs of joy: “Sing us a song of Zion.”
Confiteantur tibi, Domine, omnes reges terræ, quia audierunt omnia verba oris tui.
How can we sing a song of the LORD in a foreign land?
Et cantent in viis Domini, quoniam magna est gloria Domini ;
If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand cease to function.
quoniam excelsus Dominus, et humilia respicit, et alta a longe cognoscit.
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!
Si ambulavero in medio tribulationis, vivificabis me ; et super iram inimicorum meorum extendisti manum tuam, et salvum me fecit dextera tua.
Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “tear it down to its foundations!”
Dominus retribuet pro me. Domine, misericordia tua in sæculum ; opera manuum tuarum ne despicias.
O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us.