Psalms 136:1-8

¹(137) For David, a Psalm of Jeremias. By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat; and wept when we remembered Sion.

²We hung our harps on the willows in the midst of it.

³For 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.

⁴How should we sing the Lord's song in a strange land?

⁵If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill.

⁶May my tongue cleave to my throat, if I do not remember you; if I do not prefer Jerusalem as the chief of my joy.

⁷Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to its foundations.

⁸Wretched daughter of Babylon! blessed shall he be who shall reward you as you have rewarded us.