# Psalm 137 (New King James Version)
Longing for Zion in a Foreign Land

##### Chapter 137
###### 1 By the rivers of Babylon,  
There we sat down, yea, we wept  
When we remembered Zion.  

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

###### 3 For there those who carried us away captive asked of us a song,  
And those who plundered us _requested_ mirth,  
_Saying,_ "Sing us _one_ of the songs of Zion!"

###### 4 How shall we sing the Lord's song  
In a foreign land?  

###### 5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem,  
Let my right hand forget _its skill!_  

###### 6 If I do not remember you,  
Let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth--  
If I do not exalt Jerusalem  
Above my chief joy.

###### 7 Remember, O Lord, against the sons of Edom  
The day of Jerusalem,  
Who said, "Raze _it,_ raze _it,_  
To its very foundation!"

###### 8 O daughter of Babylon, who are to be destroyed,  
Happy the one who repays you as you have served us!  

###### 9 Happy the one who takes and dashes  
Your little ones against the rock!