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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.
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.
We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
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.
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!”
How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a strange land?
How shall we sing the Lord’s song
in a foreign land?
in a foreign land?
If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.
If I forget you, O Jerusalem,
let my right hand forget its skill!
let my right hand forget its skill!
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.
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!
Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.
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!”
O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
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!