诗篇 第 137 篇

¹我们曾在巴比伦的河边坐下，一追想锡安就哭了。By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.

²我们把琴挂在那里的柳树上；We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.

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罢！For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.

⁴我们怎能在外邦唱耶和华的歌呢？How shall we sing the LORD’s song in a strange land?

⁵耶路撒冷啊，我若忘记你，情愿我的右手忘记技巧！If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.

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！If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.

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！Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.

⁸将要被灭的巴比伦城啊（城：原文是女子），报复你像你待我们的，那人便为有福！O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.

⁹拿你的婴孩摔在磐石上的，那人便为有福！Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.