## Psalms Chapter 137

###### Psalms 137:1
[Psalms 137:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/137:1)

עַ֥ל־נַהֲר֨וֹת**׀** בָּבֶ֗ל שָׁ֣ם יָ֭שַׁבְנוּ גַּם־בָּכִ֑ינוּ בְּ֝זׇכְרֵ֗נוּ אֶת־צִיּֽוֹן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
By the rivers of Bavel, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Żiyyon.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
By the rivers of Bavel [(when we went down into exile)], there we sat; we also wept, when we remembered Zion.


###### Psalms 137:2
[Psalms 137:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/137:2)

עַֽל־עֲרָבִ֥ים בְּתוֹכָ֑הּ תָּ֝לִ֗ינוּ כִּנֹּרוֹתֵֽינוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
We hung our lyres upon the willows in its midst.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
On the willows in its midst, we hung our lyres.


###### Psalms 137:3
[Psalms 137:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/137:3)

כִּ֤י שָׁ֨ם שְֽׁאֵל֪וּנוּ שׁוֹבֵ֡ינוּ דִּבְרֵי־שִׁ֭יר וְתוֹלָלֵ֣ינוּ שִׂמְחָ֑ה שִׁ֥ירוּ לָ֝֗נוּ מִשִּׁ֥יר צִיּֽוֹן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For there they who carried us away captive asked us for a song; and they who spoiled us asked us for mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Żiyyon.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For there our captors [(Nevuchadnezzar, etc.)] asked song of us [(as they used to sing upon the platform in the Temple)], and our mockers, joy — Sing to us of the song of Zion.


###### Psalms 137:4
[Psalms 137:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/137:4)

אֵ֗יךְ נָשִׁ֥יר אֶת־שִׁיר־יְהֹוָ֑ה עַ֝֗ל אַדְמַ֥ת נֵכָֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
How shall we sing the Lord’s song in a foreign land?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
How can I sing the song of the L rd on a strange land?


###### Psalms 137:5
[Psalms 137:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/137:5)

אִֽם־אֶשְׁכָּחֵ֥ךְ יְֽרוּשָׁלָ֗͏ִם תִּשְׁכַּ֥ח יְמִינִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
If I forget thee, O Yerushalayim, let my right hand forget her cunning.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
If I [(Israel)] forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand be forgotten.


###### Psalms 137:6
[Psalms 137:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/137:6)

תִּדְבַּֽק־לְשׁוֹנִ֨י**׀** לְחִכִּי֮ אִם־לֹ֢א אֶ֫זְכְּרֵ֥כִי אִם־לֹ֣א אַ֭עֲלֶה אֶת־יְרוּשָׁלַ֑͏ִם עַ֝֗ל רֹ֣אשׁ שִׂמְחָתִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I do not set Yerushalayim above my highest joy.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Let my tongue stick to my palate if I do not remember you, if I do not raise up [remembrance of the destruction of] Jerusalem over the head of [all] my joy.


###### Psalms 137:7
[Psalms 137:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/137:7)

זְכֹ֤ר יְהֹוָ֨ה**׀** לִבְנֵ֬י אֱד֗וֹם אֵת֮ י֤וֹם יְֽר֫וּשָׁלָ֥͏ִם הָ֭אֹ֣מְרִים עָ֤רוּ**׀** עָ֑רוּ עַ֝֗ד הַיְס֥וֹד בָּֽהּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Remember, O Lord, against the children of Edom the day of Yerushalayim, when they said, Rase it, rase it, to its very foundations.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Remember, O L rd, against the children of Edom, the day of [the destruction of] Jerusalem when they said: Raze it! Raze it! Until its foundation!


###### Psalms 137:8
[Psalms 137:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/137:8)

בַּת־בָּבֶ֗ל הַשְּׁד֫וּדָ֥ה אַשְׁרֵ֥י שֶׁיְשַׁלֶּם־לָ֑ךְ אֶת־גְּ֝מוּלֵ֗ךְ שֶׁגָּמַ֥לְתְּ לָֽנוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
O daughter of Bavel, marked for devastation; happy is he who shall repay thee thy recompense for what thou hast done to us.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
O daughter of Bavel, you [who are destined to be] despoiled, happy the one who will pay you your recompense that you paid unto us!


###### Psalms 137:9
[Psalms 137:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/137:9)

אַשְׁרֵ֤י**׀** שֶׁיֹּאחֵ֓ז וְנִפֵּ֬ץ אֶֽת־עֹלָלַ֗יִךְ אֶל־הַסָּֽלַע׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Happy is he who shall seize and dash thy little ones against the rock.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Happy the one who will seize and shatter your young ones on the rock!