תהילים קל״ז
Psalms 137
Hebrew
עַ֥ל־נַהֲר֨וֹת ׀ בָּבֶ֗ל שָׁ֣ם יָ֭שַׁבְנוּ גַּם־בָּכִ֑ינוּ בְּ֝זׇכְרֵ֗נוּ אֶת־צִיּֽוֹן׃ עַֽל־עֲרָבִ֥ים בְּתוֹכָ֑הּ תָּ֝לִ֗ינוּ כִּנֹּרוֹתֵֽינוּ׃ כִּ֤י שָׁ֨ם שְֽׁאֵל֪וּנוּ שׁוֹבֵ֡ינוּ דִּבְרֵי־שִׁ֭יר וְתוֹלָלֵ֣ינוּ שִׂמְחָ֑ה שִׁ֥ירוּ לָ֝֗נוּ מִשִּׁ֥יר צִיּֽוֹן׃ אֵ֗יךְ נָשִׁ֥יר אֶת־שִׁיר־יְהֹוָ֑ה עַ֝֗ל אַדְמַ֥ת נֵכָֽר׃ אִֽם־אֶשְׁכָּחֵ֥ךְ יְֽרוּשָׁלָ֗͏ִם תִּשְׁכַּ֥ח יְמִינִֽי׃ תִּדְבַּֽק־לְשׁוֹנִ֨י ׀ לְחִכִּי֮ אִם־לֹ֢א אֶ֫זְכְּרֵ֥כִי אִם־לֹ֣א אַ֭עֲלֶה אֶת־יְרוּשָׁלַ֑͏ִם עַ֝֗ל רֹ֣אשׁ שִׂמְחָתִֽי׃ זְכֹ֤ר יְהֹוָ֨ה ׀ לִבְנֵ֬י אֱד֗וֹם אֵת֮ י֤וֹם יְֽר֫וּשָׁלָ֥͏ִם הָ֭אֹ֣מְרִים עָ֤רוּ ׀ עָ֑רוּ עַ֝֗ד הַיְס֥וֹד בָּֽהּ׃ בַּת־בָּבֶ֗ל הַשְּׁד֫וּדָ֥ה אַשְׁרֵ֥י שֶׁיְשַׁלֶּם־לָ֑ךְ אֶת־גְּ֝מוּלֵ֗ךְ שֶׁגָּמַ֥לְתְּ לָֽנוּ׃ אַשְׁרֵ֤י ׀ שֶׁיֹּאחֵ֓ז וְנִפֵּ֬ץ אֶֽת־עֹלָלַ֗יִךְ אֶל־הַסָּֽלַע׃ {פ}
English Translation
By the rivers of Babylon,
there we sat,
sat and wept,
as we thought of Zion. There on the poplars
we hung up our lyres, for our captors asked us there for songs,
our tormentors,atormentors Meaning of Heb. uncertain. for amusement:
“Sing us one of the songs of Zion.” How can we sing a song of GOD
on alien soil? If I forget you, O Jerusalem,
let my right hand wither;bwither In contrast to others “forget its cunning.” let my tongue stick to my palate
if I cease to think of you,
if I do not keep Jerusalem in memory
even at my happiest hour. Remember, O ETERNAL One, against the Edomites
the day of Jerusalem’s fall;
how they cried, “Strip her, strip her
to her very foundations!” Fair Babylon, you predator,cpredator With Targum; in contrast to others “who are to be destroyed.”
a blessing on the one who repays you in kind
what you have inflicted on us; a blessing on the one who seizes your babies
and dashes them against the rocks!
there we sat,
sat and wept,
as we thought of Zion. There on the poplars
we hung up our lyres, for our captors asked us there for songs,
our tormentors,atormentors Meaning of Heb. uncertain. for amusement:
“Sing us one of the songs of Zion.” How can we sing a song of GOD
on alien soil? If I forget you, O Jerusalem,
let my right hand wither;bwither In contrast to others “forget its cunning.” let my tongue stick to my palate
if I cease to think of you,
if I do not keep Jerusalem in memory
even at my happiest hour. Remember, O ETERNAL One, against the Edomites
the day of Jerusalem’s fall;
how they cried, “Strip her, strip her
to her very foundations!” Fair Babylon, you predator,cpredator With Targum; in contrast to others “who are to be destroyed.”
a blessing on the one who repays you in kind
what you have inflicted on us; a blessing on the one who seizes your babies
and dashes them against the rocks!
About This Text
Source
Psalms
Category
Tanach
Reference
Psalms 137
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