Psalms 137

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

1 我们曾在巴比伦的河边坐下， 一追想锡安就哭了。

2 There on the willows we hung our harps,

2 我们把琴挂在那里的柳树上；

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

3 因为在那里，掳掠我们的要我们唱歌， 抢夺我们的要我们作乐，说： 给我们唱一首锡安歌吧！

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

4 我们怎能在外邦唱耶和华的歌呢？

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

5 耶路撒冷啊，我若忘记你， 情愿我的右手忘记技巧！

6 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!

6 我若不记念你， 若不看耶路撒冷过于我所最喜乐的， 情愿我的舌头贴于上膛！

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

7 耶路撒冷遭难的日子， 以东人说：拆毁！拆毁！ 直拆到根基！ 耶和华啊，求你记念这仇！

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

8 将要被灭的巴比伦城啊 ， 报复你像你待我们的，那人便为有福！

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

9 拿你的婴孩摔在磐石上的， 那人便为有福！