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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.
We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
We put away our harps,
hanging them on the branches of poplar trees.
hanging them on the branches of poplar trees.
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 our captors demanded a song from us.
Our tormentors insisted on a joyful hymn:
“Sing us one of those songs of Jerusalem!”
Our tormentors insisted on a joyful hymn:
“Sing us one of those songs of Jerusalem!”
How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a strange land?
But how can we sing the songs of the LORD
while in a pagan land?
while in a pagan 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 how to play the harp.
let my right hand forget how to play the harp.
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.
May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth
if I fail to remember you,
if I don’t make Jerusalem my greatest joy.
if I fail to remember you,
if I don’t make Jerusalem my greatest joy.
Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.
O LORD, remember what the Edomites did
on the day the armies of Babylon captured Jerusalem.
“Destroy it!” they yelled.
“Level it to the ground!”
on the day the armies of Babylon captured Jerusalem.
“Destroy it!” they yelled.
“Level it to the ground!”
O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
O Babylon, you will be destroyed.
Happy is the one who pays you back
for what you have done to us.
Happy is the one who pays you back
for what you have done to us.