Psalm 137:1-6, Chant E

 

Psalm 137    Super flumina

1 By the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept, *
when we remembered you, O Zi-on.

2 As for our harps, we hung them up *
on the trees in the midst of that land.

3 For those who led us away captive asked us for a song, and our oppressors called for mirth: *
“Sing us one of the songs of Zi-on.”

4 How shall we sing the LORD’S song *
upon an al-ien soil?

5 If I forget you, O Je-ru-salem, *
let my right hand forget its skill.

6 Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth if I do not re-mem-ber you, *
if I do not set Jerusalem above my high-est joy.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Ho-ly Spir-it: *
as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. A-men.