137:1 [] Epi twn potamwn BabulwnoV, ekei ekaqisamen kai eklausamen, ote enequmhqhmen thn Siwn.
137:2 Epi taV iteaV en mesw authV ekremasamen taV kiqaraV hmwn.
137:3 Dioti oi aicmalwtisanteV hmaV ekei ezhthsan par' hmwn logouV asmatwnĊ¨ kai oi erhmwsanteV hmaV umnon, legonteV, Yalate eiV hmaV ek twn wdwn thV Siwn.
137:4 PwV na yalwmen thn wdhn tou Kuriou epi xenhV ghV;
137:5 Ean se lhsmonhsw, Ierousalhm, aV lhsmonhsh h dexia mou
137:6 AV kollhqh h glwssa mou eiV ton ouraniskon mou, ean den se enqumwmaiĊ¨ ean den protaxw thn Ierousalhm eiV thn archn thV eufrosunhV mou
137:7 [] Mnhsqhti, Kurie, twn uiwn Edwm, oitineV thn hmeran thV Ierousalhm elegon, Katedafisate, katedafisate authn ewV twn qemeliwn authV.
137:8 Qugathr BabulwnoV, h mellousa na erhmwqhV, makarioV ostiV soi antapodwsh thn antamoibhn twn osa epraxaV eiV hmaV
