תהילים 137 Psalm 137
1 עַ֥ל נַהֲר֨וֹת ׀ [4] Azla Legarmeh
בָּבֶ֗ל [3] Revi'i
 
שָׁ֣ם יָ֭שַׁבְנוּ [3] Dechi
גַּם־בָּכִ֑ינוּ [2] Etnachta
 
בְּ֝זׇכְרֵ֗נוּ [2] Revi'i Mugrash
אֶת־צִיּֽוֹן׃ [1] Silluq
2 3 4 3 2 1 By the rivers [4]
of Babylon, [3]
 
there we sat [3]
and we wept; [2]
 
as we remembered [2]
Zion. [1]
2 עַֽל־עֲרָבִ֥ים בְּתוֹכָ֑הּ [2] Etnachta
 
תָּ֝לִ֗ינוּ [2] Revi'i Mugrash
כִּנֹּרוֹתֵֽינוּ׃ [1] Silluq
2 2 2 On the willows in the midst of it; [2]
 
we hung [2]
our lyres, [1]
3 כִּ֤י שָׁ֨ם שְֽׁאֵל֪וּנוּ שׁוֹבֵ֡ינוּ [4] Pazer
דִּבְרֵי־שִׁ֭יר [3] Dechi
וְתוֹלָלֵ֣ינוּ שִׂמְחָ֑ה [2] Etnachta
 
שִׁ֥ירוּ לָ֝֗נוּ [2] Revi'i Mugrash
מִשִּׁ֥יר צִיּֽוֹן׃ [1] Silluq
2 3 4 2 3 for there our captors asked of us [4]
words of song, [3]
and our tormentors, gladness; [2]
 
“Sing for us [2]
of the songs of Zion!” [1]
4 אֵ֗יךְ [3] Revi'i
נָשִׁ֥יר אֶת־שִׁיר־יְהֹוָ֑ה [2] Etnachta
 
עַ֝֗ל [2] Revi'i Mugrash
אַדְמַ֥ת נֵכָֽר׃ [1] Silluq
2 3 2 4 How [3]
can we sing the song of the LORD; [2]
 
in [2]
a foreign land? [1]
5 אִֽם־אֶשְׁכָּחֵ֥ךְ יְֽרוּשָׁלָ֗͏ִם [3/2] Revi'i
תִּשְׁכַּ֥ח יְמִינִֽי׃ [1] Silluq
2 5 If I forget you O Jerusalem, [3/2]
may my right hand forget. [1]
6 תִּדְבַּֽק־לְשׁוֹנִ֨י ׀ [4] Azla Legarmeh
לְחִכִּי֮ [3] Sinnor
אִם־לֹ֢א אֶ֫זְכְּרֵ֥כִי [2] Ole Veyored
 
אִם־לֹ֣א אַ֭עֲלֶה [3] Dechi
אֶת־יְרוּשָׁלַ֑͏ִם [2] Etnachta
 
עַ֝֗ל [2] Revi'i Mugrash
רֹ֣אשׁ שִׂמְחָתִֽי׃ [1] Silluq
2 3 4 2 3 2 6 May my tongue stick [4]
to the roof of my mouth, [3]
if I do not remember you; [2]
 
if I don’t lift up [3]
Jerusalem [2]
 
to [2]
the head of my joy. [1]
7 זְכֹ֤ר יְהֹוָ֨ה ׀ [4] Azla Legarmeh
לִבְנֵ֬י אֱד֗וֹם [3] Revi'i
 
אֵת֮ [3] Sinnor
י֤וֹם יְֽר֫וּשָׁלָ֥͏ִם [2] Ole Veyored
 
הָ֭אֹ֣מְרִים [3] Dechi
עָ֤רוּ ׀ [4/3] Mahpakh Legarmeh
עָ֑רוּ [2] Etnachta
 
עַ֝֗ד [2] Revi'i Mugrash
הַיְס֥וֹד בָּֽהּ׃ [1] Silluq
2 3 4 3 2 3 3 2 7 Remember O LORD [4]
against the people of Edom, [3]
 
-- [3]
the day of Jerusalem; [2]
 
who said, [3]
“Lay it bare! [4/3]
lay it bare, [2]
 
to [2]
its foundation!” [1]
8 בַּת־בָּבֶ֗ל [3] Revi'i
הַשְּׁד֫וּדָ֥ה [2] Ole Veyored
 
אַשְׁרֵ֥י שֶׁיְשַׁלֶּם־לָ֑ךְ [2] Etnachta
אֶת־גְּ֝מוּלֵ֗ךְ [2] Revi'i Mugrash
שֶׁגָּמַ֥לְתְּ לָֽנוּ׃ [1] Silluq
2 3 2 2 8 O Daughter of Babylon, [3]
doomed to destruction; [2]
 
how blessed is the one who will repay you, [2]
your deed [2]
that you have done to us. [1]
9 אַשְׁרֵ֤י ׀ [4/3] Mahpakh Legarmeh
שֶׁיֹּאחֵ֓ז וְנִפֵּ֬ץ אֶֽת־עֹ֝לָלַ֗יִךְ [2] Revi'i Mugrash
אֶל־הַסָּֽלַע׃ [1] Silluq
פ		 2 3 9 How blessed [4/3]
is the one who will seize and he will smash your children [2]
against the rock. [1]
end of Psalm 137