Chapter 136

¹ For David, [a Psalm] of Jeremiah.

Ps 136:1

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

Ps 136:2

³ For there they that had taken us captive asked of us the words of a song;

Ps 136:3

⁴ How should we sing the Lord’s song in a strange land?

Ps 136:4

⁵ If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget [its skill].

Ps 136:5

⁶ May my tongue cleave to my throat, if I do not remember thee;

Ps 136:6

⁷ Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem;

Ps 136:7

⁸ Wretched daughter of Babylon!

Ps 136:8

⁹ Blessed [shall he be] who shall seize and dash thine infants against the rock.

Ps 136:9