Psalms 137
Psalms 137How to read the Hangul
beginning the Christ salvation
- Bold, larger (ˈ) = say it strong and a little longer — the stressed syllable.
- Faint = weak and short (a reduced vowel). Don't give every syllable equal weight.
- Tiny 으 · 트 · 스 = barely voiced. English has no vowel there — stop on the consonant.
- Whole word faint (the, of, and, to…) = light and quick in a sentence; stress the content words.
- Small f v θ ð r = sounds Korean doesn't have — f: upper teeth on the lower lip; v: the same, voiced; θ/ð: tongue tip between the teeth; r: tongue curled back, touching nothing.
Versions (up to 4)
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By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
على انهار بابل هناك جلسنا. بكينا ايضا عندما تذكرنا صهيون.
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2
We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
على الصفصاف في وسطها علقنا اعوادنا.
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3
For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
لانه هناك سألنا الذين سبونا كلام ترنيمة ومعذبونا سألونا فرحا قائلين رنموا لنا من ترنيمات صهيون
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4
How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land?
كيف نرنم ترنيمة الرب في ارض غريبة.
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5
If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.
ان نسيتك يا اورشليم تنسى يميني****
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6
If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
ليلتصق لساني بحنكي ان لم اذكرك ان لم افضل اورشليم على اعظم فرحي
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7
Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Raze it, raze it, even to the foundation thereof.
اذكر يا رب لبني ادوم يوم اورشليم القائلين هدوا هدوا حتى الى اساسها.
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8
O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
يا بنت بابل المخربة طوبى لمن يجازيك جزاءك الذي جازيتنا.
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9
Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
طوبى لمن يمسك اطفالك ويضرب بهم الصخرة