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How Shall We Sing the Lord’s Song?
By the waters of Babylon,
there we sat down and wept,
when we remembered Zion.
By the waters of Babylon,
there we sat down and wept,
when we remembered Zion.
By the Rivers of Babylon
By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down; yea, we wept when we remembered Zion.
By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down; yea, we wept when we remembered Zion.
We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
For there our captors
required of us songs,
and our tormentors, mirth, saying,
“Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”
required of us songs,
and our tormentors, mirth, saying,
“Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”
For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that made us wail [required] mirth, [saying,] Sing us [one] of the songs of Zion.
How shall we sing the Lord’s song
in a foreign land?
in a foreign land?
How should we sing a song of Jehovah's upon a foreign soil?
If I forget you, O Jerusalem,
let my right hand forget its skill!
let my right hand forget its skill!
If I forget thee, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget [its skill];
Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth,
if I do not remember you,
if I do not set Jerusalem
above my highest joy!
if I do not remember you,
if I do not set Jerusalem
above my highest joy!
If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to my palate: if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
Remember, O Lord, against the Edomites
the day of Jerusalem,
how they said, “Lay it bare, lay it bare,
down to its foundations!”
the day of Jerusalem,
how they said, “Lay it bare, lay it bare,
down to its foundations!”
Remember, O Jehovah, against the sons of Edom, the day of Jerusalem; who said, Lay [it] bare, Lay [it] bare, down to its foundation!
O daughter of Babylon, doomed to be destroyed,
blessed shall he be who repays you
with what you have done to us!
blessed shall he be who repays you
with what you have done to us!
Daughter of Babylon, who art to be laid waste, happy he that rendereth unto thee that which thou hast meted out to us.