Psalms Chapter 136

1 Super ?? flumina ?? Babylonis ?? illic ?? sedimus ?? et ?? flevimus ?? , cum ?? recordaremur ?? Sion ?? . Upon the rivers of Babylon, there we sat and wept: when we remembered Sion:

2 In ?? salicibus ?? in ?? medio ?? ejus ?? suspendimus ?? organa ?? nostra ?? : On the willows in the midst thereof we hung up our instruments.

3 quia ?? illic ?? interrogaverunt ?? nos ?? , qui ?? captivos ?? duxerunt ?? nos ?? , verba ?? cantionum ?? ; et ?? qui ?? abduxerunt ?? nos ?? : Hymnum ?? cantate ?? nobis ?? de ?? canticis ?? Sion ?? . For there they that led us into captivity required of us the words of songs. And they that carried us away, said: Sing ye to us a hymn of the songs of Sion.

4 Quomodo ?? cantabimus ?? canticum ?? Domini ?? in ?? terra ?? aliena ?? ? How shall we sing the song of the Lord in a strange land?

5 Si ?? oblitus ?? fuero ?? tui ?? , Jerusalem ?? , oblivioni ?? detur ?? dextera ?? mea ?? . If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand be forgotten.

6 Adhæreat ?? lingua ?? mea ?? faucibus ?? meis ?? , si ?? non ?? meminero ?? tui ?? ; si ?? non ?? proposuero ?? Jerusalem ?? in ?? principio ?? lætitiæ ?? meæ ?? . Let my tongue cleave to my jaws, if I do not remember thee: If I make not Jerusalem the beginning of my joy.

7 Memor ?? esto ?? , Domine ?? , filiorum ?? Edom ?? , in ?? die ?? Jerusalem ?? : qui ?? dicunt ?? : Exinanite ?? , exinanite ?? usque ?? ad ?? fundamentum ?? in ?? ea ?? . Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom, in the day of Jerusalem: Who say: Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.

8 Filia ?? Babylonis ?? misera ?? ! beatus ?? qui ?? retribuet ?? tibi ?? retributionem ?? tuam ?? quam ?? retribuisti ?? nobis ?? . O daughter of Babylon, miserable: blessed shall he be who shall repay thee thy payment which thou hast paid us.

9 Beatus ?? qui ?? tenebit ?? , et ?? allidet ?? parvulos ?? tuos ?? ad ?? petram ?? . Blessed be he that shall take and dash thy little ones against the rock.