Revised Version 1895

Psalms 137

1By theriversנַהֲר֨וֹת׀na.ha.RotH5104ofBabylonבָּבֶ֗לba.VelH894, thereweH8033satH3427downH3427, yea,weH8033weptבָּכִ֑ינוּba.Khi.nuH1058, whenweH8033rememberedבְּ֝זָכְרֵ֗נוּbe.za.khe.Re.nuH2142Zionצִיּֽוֹן׃tzi.YonH6726.

2UponH5921thewillowsעֲרָבִ֥ים'a.ra.VimH6155in themidstבְּתוֹכָ֑הּbe.to.KhahH8432thereof wehangedתָּ֝לִ֗ינוּta.Li.nuH8518upH5921ourharpsכִּנֹּרוֹתֵֽינוּ׃ki.no.ro.Tei.nuH3658.

3For there they thatledH7617usH3588captiveH7617requiredH1697ofusH3588songsשִׁ֭ירShirH7892, and they that wastedusH3588requiredH1697ofusH3588mirthשִׂמְחָ֑הsim.ChahH8057,sayingH1697,Singשִׁ֥ירוּShi.ruH7891usH3588one of thesongsמִשִּׁ֥ירmi.ShirH7892ofZionצִיּֽוֹן׃tzi.YonH6726.

4Howאֵ֗יךְ'EikhH349shallweH7891singנָשִׁ֥ירna.ShirH7891theLORD’Sיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068songשִׁיר־shir-H7892in astrangeנֵכָֽר׃ne.KharH5236landאַדְמַ֥ת'ad.MatH127?

5IfH518Iforgetאֶשְׁכָּחֵ֥ךְ'esh.ka.ChekhH7911thee, OJerusalemיְֽרוּשָׁלִָ֗םye.ru.sha.LimH3389, let myrightיְמִינִֽי׃ye.mi.NiH3225handH3225forgetתִּשְׁכַּ֥חtish.KachH7911herH518cunning.

6LetH3808mytongueלְשׁוֹנִ֨י׀le.sho.NiH3956cleave to theroofH2441of mymouthH2441,ifאִם־'im-H518Irememberאֶ֫זְכְּרֵ֥כִי'ez.ke.Re.khiH2142theenotH3808;ifאִם־'im-H518I prefernotH3808Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֑םye.ru.sha.LimH3389aboveעַ֝֗ל'AlH5921mychiefרֹ֣אשׁroshH7218joyשִׂמְחָתִֽי׃sim.cha.TiH8057.

7Rememberזְכֹ֤רze.KhorH2142, OLORDיְהוָ֨ה׀Yah.wehH3068,againstH3389thechildrenלִבְנֵ֬יliv.NeiH1121ofEdomאֱד֗וֹם'e.DomH123thedayי֤וֹםYomH3117ofJerusalemיְֽרוּשָׁ֫לִָ֥םye.ru.Sha.LimH3389; whosaidהָ֭אֹ֣מְרִיםha.'O.me.rimH559, Rase it, rase it,evenעַ֝֗ד'AdH5704to thefoundationהַיְס֥וֹדhay.SodH3247thereof.

8Odaughterבַּת־bat-H1323ofBabylonבָּבֶ֗לba.VelH894, that art to bedestroyedהַשְּׁד֫וּדָ֥הha.she.Du.DahH7703;happyאַשְׁרֵ֥י'ash.ReiH835shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast servedusאֶת־'et-H853.

9Happyאַשְׁרֵ֤י׀'ash.ReiH835shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thylittleH5768onesH5768againstאֶל־'el-H413therockהַסָּֽלַע׃ha.Sa.la'H5553.

Commentaries on Psalms 137

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