Salmos 137— comparação

1Junto aos rios da Babilônia, ali nos assentamos.

2Nos salgueiros daquela terra,

3Pois ali, aqueles que nos levaram cativos nos pediram canções.

4Como podemos cantar a canção do SENHOR em terra estrangeira?

5Se eu me esquecer de você, ó Jerusalém,

6Que a minha língua se apegue ao céu da boca se eu não me lembrar de você,

7Lembra-te, SENHOR, contra os filhos de Edom, no dia de Jerusalém,

8Filha da Babilônia, condenada à destruição,

9Feliz será aquele

1By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down. Yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion.

2On the willows in that land, we hung up our harps.

3For there, those who led us captive asked us for songs. Those who tormented us demanded songs of joy: “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”

4How can we sing Yahweh’s song in a foreign land?

5If I forget you, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill.

6Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I don’t remember you, if I don’t prefer Jerusalem above my chief joy.

7Remember, Yahweh, against the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem, who said, “Raze it! Raze it even to its foundation!”

8Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, he will be happy who repays you, as you have done to us.

9Happy shall he be, who takes and dashes your little ones against the rock.