(KJV) Psalm 137¹

⥃By the Rivers of Babylon ^{2  [ Ezekiel 1:1–3 ]}

[1] By the rivers³ of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept⁴, when we remembered Zion. [2] We hanged⁵ our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. [3] For there⁶ they that carried us away captive required of us a song⁷; and they that wasted us⁸ [required of us] mirth, [saying], Sing us [one] of the songs of Zion⁹. [4] How shall¹⁰ we sing the Lord’s song in a strange land¹¹? [5] If I forget¹² thee, O Jerusalem, let my right¹³ hand forget [her cunning]. [6] If I do not remember thee, let my tongue¹⁴ cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer¹⁵ not Jerusalem above my chief joy¹⁶. [7] Remember¹⁷, O Lord, the children¹⁸ of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase [it¹⁹], rase [it], [even] to the foundation thereof. [8] O daughter²⁰ of Babylon, who art²¹ to be destroyed²²; happy²³ [shall he be], that rewardeth²⁴ thee as thou hast served us. [9] Happy [shall he be], that taketh and dasheth²⁵ thy little ones against the stones²⁶.