诗137:1 我们曾在巴比伦的河边坐下，一追想锡安就哭了。
诗137:1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
诗137:2 我们把琴挂在那里的柳树上，
诗137:2 We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
诗137:3 因为在那里，掳掠我们的要我们唱歌；抢夺我们的要我们作乐说：“给我们唱一首锡安歌吧！”
诗137:3 For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
诗137:4 我们怎能在外邦唱耶和华的歌呢？
诗137:4 How shall we sing the LORD's song in a strange land?
诗137:5 耶路撒冷啊，我若忘记你，情愿我的右手忘记技巧。
诗137:5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.
诗137:6 我若不记念你，若不看耶路撒冷过于我所最喜乐的，情愿我的舌头贴于上瞠。
诗137:6 If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
诗137:7 耶路撒冷遭难的日子，以东人说：“拆毁，拆毁，直拆到根基！”耶和华啊，求你记念这仇。
诗137:7 Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.
诗137:8 将要被灭的巴比伦城啊（“城”原文作“女子”），报复你像你待我们的，那人便为有福！
诗137:8 O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
诗137:9 拿你的婴孩摔在磐石上的，那人便为有福！
诗137:9 Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.