1Bytheriversנַהֲר֨וֹת׀na.ha.RotH5104ofBabylonבָּבֶ֗לba.VelH894,therewesatH3427downH3427; yea,weweptH1058whenwerememberedבְּ֝זָכְרֵ֗נוּbe.za.khe.Re.nuH2142Zionצִיּֽוֹן׃tzi.YonH6726. 2WehangedH8518ourharpsכִּנֹּרוֹתֵֽינוּ׃ki.no.ro.Tei.nuH3658uponthewillowsinthemidstבְּתוֹכָ֑הּbe.to.KhahH8432thereof. 3FortheretheythatcarriedusawaycaptiveH7617requiredofusasongשִׁ֭ירShirH7892;andtheythatmadeuswail [required]mirth, [saying,]Singשִׁ֥ירוּShi.ruH7891us[one]ofthesongsמִשִּׁ֥ירmi.ShirH7892ofZionצִיּֽוֹן׃tzi.YonH6726. 4Howאֵ֗יךְ'EikhH349shouldwesingנָשִׁ֥ירna.ShirH7891asongשִׁיר־shir-H7892ofJehovah'suponaforeignsoil? 5IfIforgetאֶשְׁכָּחֵ֥ךְ'esh.ka.ChekhH7911thee,Jerusalemיְֽרוּשָׁלִָ֗םye.ru.sha.LimH3389, letmyrightיְמִינִֽי׃ye.mi.NiH3225handH3225forgetתִּשְׁכַּ֥חtish.KachH7911[itsskill]; 6IfIdonotrememberאֶ֫זְכְּרֵ֥כִי'ez.ke.Re.khiH2142thee,letmytongueלְשׁוֹנִ֨י׀le.sho.NiH3956cleavetomypalateלְחִכִּי֮le.chi.KiH2441:ifIprefernotJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֑םye.ru.sha.LimH3389abovemychiefרֹ֣אשׁroshH7218joyשִׂמְחָתִֽי׃sim.cha.TiH8057. 7Rememberזְכֹ֤רze.KhorH2142,OJehovah,againstthesonsH1121ofEdomאֱד֗וֹם'e.DomH123,thedayי֤וֹםYomH3117ofJerusalemיְֽרוּשָׁ֫לִָ֥םye.ru.Sha.LimH3389;whosaidהָ֭אֹ֣מְרִיםha.'O.me.rimH559,Lay[it]bareעָ֤רוּ׀'A.ruH6168,Lay[it]bareעָ֑רוּ'A.ruH6168, downtoitsfoundationהַיְס֥וֹדhay.SodH3247! 8Daughterבַּת־bat-H1323ofBabylonבָּבֶ֗לba.VelH894,whoarttobe laidwaste,happyhethat rendereth unto thee that which thou hast metedouttous. 9Happyhethattakethanddasheth thylittleonesagainsttherockהַסָּֽלַע׃ha.Sa.la'H5553. Commentaries on Psalms 137
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