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Psalms

Chapter 137
1
Phonetic (Hebrew): a֥l nahar֨ot ׀ bּabe֗l shsha֣m ya֭shshabenu gּam-bּaki֑ynu bּe֝zakere֗nu 'et-tziyּֽon׃
Edified Edition (EDE)By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.

עַ֥ל נַהֲר֨וֹת ׀ בָּבֶ֗ל שָׁ֣ם יָ֭שַׁבְנוּ גַּם־בָּכִ֑ינוּ בְּ֝זָכְרֵ֗נוּ אֶת־צִיּֽוֹן׃

2
Phonetic (Hebrew): aֽl-'arabi֥ym bּetoka֑hּ tּa֝li֗ynu kּinּoroteֽynu׃
Edified Edition (EDE)There on the poplars we hung our harps,

עַֽל־עֲרָבִ֥ים בְּתוֹכָ֑הּ תָּ֝לִ֗ינוּ כִּנֹּרוֹתֵֽינוּ׃

3
Phonetic (Hebrew): kּi֤y shsha֨m shsheֽ'el֪unu shshobe֡ynu dּiberey-shshi֭yr vetolale֣ynu shsimecha֑h shshi֥yru la֝֗nu mishshּi֥yr tziyּֽon׃
Edified Edition (EDE)for there our captors asked us for songs, our tormentors demanded songs of joy; they said, "Sing us one of the songs of Zion!"

כִּ֤י שָׁ֨ם שְֽׁאֵל֪וּנוּ שׁוֹבֵ֡ינוּ דִּבְרֵי־שִׁ֭יר וְתוֹלָלֵ֣ינוּ שִׂמְחָ֑ה שִׁ֥ירוּ לָ֝֗נוּ מִשִּׁ֥יר צִיּֽוֹן׃

4
Phonetic (Hebrew): e֗yke nashshi֥yr 'et-shshiyr-yehva֑h 'a֝֗l 'adema֥t nekaֽr׃
Edified Edition (EDE)How can we sing the songs of the LORD while in a foreign land?

אֵ֗יךְ נָשִׁ֥יר אֶת־שִׁיר־יְהוָ֑ה עַ֝֗ל אַדְמַ֥ת נֵכָֽר׃

5
Phonetic (Hebrew): iֽm-'eshshekּache֥ke yeֽrushshalai֗m tּishshekּa֥ch yemiynֽiy׃
Edified Edition (EDE)If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill.

אִֽם־אֶשְׁכָּחֵ֥ךְ יְֽרוּשָׁלִָ֗ם תִּשְׁכַּ֥ח יְמִינִֽי׃

6
Phonetic (Hebrew): tּidebּa֥q-leshshoni֨y ׀ lechikּiy֮ 'im-lo֪ 'e֫zekּere֥kiy 'im-lo֣ 'a֭'aleh 'et-yerushshala֑im 'a֝֗l ro֣'shsh shsimechatֽiy׃
Edified Edition (EDE)May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not consider Jerusalem my highest joy.

תִּדְבַּ֥ק־לְשׁוֹנִ֨י ׀ לְחִכִּי֮ אִם־לֹ֪א אֶ֫זְכְּרֵ֥כִי אִם־לֹ֣א אַ֭עֲלֶה אֶת־יְרוּשָׁלִַ֑ם עַ֝֗ל רֹ֣אשׁ שִׂמְחָתִֽי׃

7
Phonetic (Hebrew): zeko֤r yehva֨h ׀ libene֬y 'ed֗om 'et֮ y֤om yeֽrushsha֫la֥im ha֭'o֣meriym 'a֤ru ׀ 'a֑ru 'a֝֗d hayes֥od bּaֽhּ׃
Edified Edition (EDE)Remember, LORD, what the Edomites did on the day Jerusalem fell. "Tear it down," they cried, "tear it down to its foundations!"

זְכֹ֤ר יְהוָ֨ה ׀ לִבְנֵ֬י אֱד֗וֹם אֵת֮ י֤וֹם יְֽרוּשָׁ֫לִָ֥ם הָ֭אֹ֣מְרִים עָ֤רוּ ׀ עָ֑רוּ עַ֝֗ד הַיְס֥וֹד בָּֽהּ׃

8
Phonetic (Hebrew): bּat-bּabe֗l hashshּed֫uda֥h 'ashshere֥y shsheyeshshalּem-la֑ke 'et-gּe֝mule֗ke shshegּama֥letּe laֽnu׃
Edified Edition (EDE)Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction, happy is the one who repays you according to what you have done to us.

בַּת־בָּבֶ֗ל הַשְּׁד֫וּדָ֥ה אַשְׁרֵ֥י שֶׁיְשַׁלֶּם־לָ֑ךְ אֶת־גְּ֝מוּלֵ֗ךְ שֶׁגָּמַ֥לְתְּ לָֽנוּ׃

9
Phonetic (Hebrew): ashshere֤y ׀ shsheyּo'che֓z venipּe֬tz 'eֽt-'o֝lala֗yike 'el-hasּaֽla'׃
Edified Edition (EDE)Happy is the one who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.

אַשְׁרֵ֤י ׀ שֶׁיֹּאחֵ֓ז וְנִפֵּ֬ץ אֶֽת־עֹ֝לָלַ֗יִךְ אֶל־הַסָּֽלַע׃