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Psalms · Tehillim

Tehillim 137

Transliteration

(1) al naharot bavel sham yashavnu gam-bakhinu bezakhrenu et-tzion

(2) al-aravim betokhah talinu kinoroteinu

(3) ki sham sheelunu shoveinu divrei-shir vetolaleinu simcha shiru lanu mishir tzion

(4) eikh nashir et-shir-Ado-nai al admat nekhar

(5) im-eshkachekh yerushalim tishkach yemini

(6) tidbak-leshoni lechiki im-lo ezkerekhi im-lo aale et-yerushalim al rosh simchati

(7) zekhor Ado-nai livnei edom et yom yerushalim haomrim aru aru ad haysod bah

(8) bat-bavel hashduda ashrei sheyshalem-lakh et-gemulekh shegamalte lanu

(9) ashrei sheyochez venipetz et-olalayikh el-hasala

Translation

(1) By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down, yea, we wept, When we remembered Zion.

(2) Upon the willows in the midst thereof We hanged up our harps.

(3) For there they that led us captive asked of us words of song, And our tormentors asked of us mirth: ‘Sing us one of the songs of Zion.'

(4) How shall we sing the LORD’S song In a foreign land?

(5) If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, Let my right hand forget her cunning.

(6) Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, If I remember thee not; If I set not Jerusalem Above my chiefest joy.

(7) Remember, O LORD, against the children of Edom The day of Jerusalem; Who said: 'Rase it, rase it, Even to the foundation thereof.'

(8) O daughter of Babylon, that art to be destroyed; Happy shall he be, that repayeth thee As thou hast served us.

(9) Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones Against the rock.

טקסט בעברית

א עַ֥ל נַהֲר֨וֹת ׀ בָּבֶ֗ל שָׁ֣ם יָ֭שַׁבְנוּ גַּם־בָּכִ֑ינוּ בְּ֝זָכְרֵ֗נוּ אֶת־צִיּֽוֹן׃ ב עַֽל־עֲרָבִ֥ים בְּתוֹכָ֑הּ תָּ֝לִ֗ינוּ כִּנֹּרוֹתֵֽינוּ׃ ג כִּ֤י שָׁ֨ם שְֽׁאֵל֪וּנוּ שׁוֹבֵ֡ינוּ דִּבְרֵי־שִׁ֭יר וְתוֹלָלֵ֣ינוּ שִׂמְחָ֑ה שִׁ֥ירוּ לָ֝֗נוּ מִשִּׁ֥יר צִיּֽוֹן׃ ד אֵ֗יךְ נָשִׁ֥יר אֶת־שִׁיר־יְהוָ֑ה עַ֝֗ל אַדְמַ֥ת נֵכָֽר׃ ה אִֽם־אֶשְׁכָּחֵ֥ךְ יְֽרוּשָׁלִָ֗ם תִּשְׁכַּ֥ח יְמִינִֽי׃ ו תִּדְבַּ֥ק־לְשׁוֹנִ֨י ׀ לְחִכִּי֮ אִם־לֹ֪א אֶ֫זְכְּרֵ֥כִי אִם־לֹ֣א אַ֭עֲלֶה אֶת־יְרוּשָׁלִַ֑ם עַ֝֗ל רֹ֣אשׁ שִׂמְחָתִֽי׃ ז זְכֹ֤ר יְהוָ֨ה ׀ לִבְנֵ֬י אֱד֗וֹם אֵת֮ י֤וֹם יְֽרוּשָׁ֫לִָ֥ם הָ֭אֹ֣מְרִים עָ֤רוּ ׀ עָ֑רוּ עַ֝֗ד הַיְס֥וֹד בָּֽהּ׃ ח בַּת־בָּבֶ֗ל הַשְּׁד֫וּדָ֥ה אַשְׁרֵ֥י שֶׁיְשַׁלֶּם־לָ֑ךְ אֶת־גְּ֝מוּלֵ֗ךְ שֶׁגָּמַ֥לְתְּ לָֽנוּ׃ ט אַשְׁרֵ֤י ׀ שֶׁיֹּאחֵ֓ז וְנִפֵּ֬ץ אֶֽת־עֹ֝לָלַ֗יִךְ אֶל־הַסָּֽלַע׃

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