Psalms 137 (Good News Bible)

 Psalms 137 (Good News Bible)

1By the rivers of Babylon
we sat down;
there we wept when we
remembered Zion.
2On the willows near by
we hung up our harps.
3Those who captured us told us to
sing;
they told us to entertain them:
"Sing us a song about Zion."

4How can we sing a song to the LORD
in a foreign land?
5May I never be able to play the
harp again
if I forget you, Jerusalem!
6May I never be able to sing again
if I do not remember you,
if I do not think of you as my greatest joy!

7Remember, LORD, what the
Edomites did
the day Jerusalem was
captured
Remember how they kept saying,
"Tear it down to the ground!"

8Babylon, you will be destroyed.
Happy is the man who pays you
back
for what you have done to us---
9who takes your babies
and smashes them agains a rock.