Comparison
Psalms 136
Douay-Rheims, Vulgata Clementina and Septuagint (Sixtine edition, 1587), verse by verse.
| Douay-Rheims | Vulgata Clementina | Septuagint (Sixtine edition, 1587) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upon the rivers of Babylon, there we sat and wept: when we remembered Sion: | Psalmus David, Ieremiae. Super flumina Babylonis illic sedimus et flevimus, cum recordaremur Sion. | Τῷ Δαυὶδ, Ἱερεμίου. Ἐπὶ τῶν ποταμῶν Βαβυλῶνος ἐκεῖ ἐκαθίσαμεν, καὶ ἐκλαύσαμεν ἐν τῷ μνησθῆναι ἡμᾶς τῆς Σιών. |
| 2 | On the willows in the midst thereof we hung up our instruments. | In salicibus in medio eius suspendimus organa nostra: | Ἐπὶ ταῖς ἰτέαις ἐν μέσῳ αὐτῆς ἐκρεμάσαμεν τὰ ὄργανα ἡμῶν. |
| 3 | 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. | quia illic interrogaverunt nos, qui captivos duxerunt nos, verba cantionum; et qui abduxerunt nos: Hymnum cantate nobis de canticis Sion. | Ὅτι ἐκεῖ ἐπηρώτησαν ἡμᾶς οἱ αἰχμαλωτεύσαντες ἡμᾶς, λόγους ᾠδῶν, καὶ οἱ ἀπαγαγόντες ἡμᾶς, ὕμνον· ᾄσατε ἡμῖν ἐκ τῶν ᾠδῶν Σιών. |
| 4 | How shall we sing the song of the Lord in a strange land? | Quomodo cantabimus canticum Domini in terra aliena? | Πῶς ᾄσωμεν τὴν ᾠδὴν Κυρίου ἐπὶ γῆς ἀλλοτρίας; |
| 5 | If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand be forgotten. | Si oblitus fuero tui, Ierusalem, oblivioni detur dextera mea. | Ἐὰν ἐπιλάθωμαί σου Ἱερουσαλήμ, ἐπιλησθείη ἡ δεξιά μου. |
| 6 | Let my tongue cleave to my jaws, if I do not remember thee: If I make not Jerusalem the beginning of my joy. | Adhaereat lingua mea faucibus meis, si non meminero tui; si non proposuero Ierusalem in principio laetitiae meae. | Κολληθείη ἡ γλῶσσά μου τῷ λάρυγγί μου, ἐὰν μή σου μνησθῷ· ἐὰν μὴ προανατάξωμαι τὴν Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἐν ἀρχῇ τῆς εὐφροσύνης μου. |
| 7 | Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom, in the day of Jerusalem: Who say: Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof. | Memor esto, Domine, filiorum Edom, in die Ierusalem: qui dicunt: Exinanite, exinanite usque ad fundamentum in ea. | Μνήσθητι, Κύριε, τῶν υἱῶν Ἐδὼμ τὴν ἡμέραν Ἱερουσαλήμ· τῶν λεγόντων, ἐκκενοῦτε ἐκκενοῦτε, ἕως τῶν θεμελίων αὐτῇς. |
| 8 | O daughter of Babylon, miserable: blessed shall he be who shall repay thee thy payment which thou hast paid us. | Filia Babylonis misera! beatus qui retribuet tibi retributionem tuam quam retribuisti nobis. | Θυγάτηρ Βαβυλῶνος ἡ ταλαίπωρος, μακάριος ὃς ἀνταποδώσει σοι τὸ ἀνταπόδομά σου, ὃ ἀνταπέδωκας ἡμῖν. |
| 9 | Blessed be he that shall take and dash thy little ones against the rock. | Beatus qui tenebit, et allidet parvulos tuos ad petram. | Μακάριος ὃς κρατήσει καὶ ἐδαφιεῖ τὰ νήπιά σου πρὸς τὴν πέτραν. |
