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An Experience of the Captivity.
By the rivers of Babylon,
There we sat down and wept,
When we remembered Zion.
By the rivers 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.
Upon the willows in the midst of it
We hung our harps.
We hung our harps.
We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
For there our captors demanded of us songs,
And our tormentors mirth, saying,
“Sing us one of the songs of Zion.”
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 can 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,
May my right hand forget her skill.
May my right hand forget her skill.
If I forget thee, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget [its skill];
May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth
If I do not remember you,
If I do not exalt Jerusalem
Above my chief joy.
If I do not remember you,
If I do not exalt Jerusalem
Above my chief 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 sons of Edom
The day of Jerusalem,
Who said, “Raze it, raze it
To its very foundation.”
The day of Jerusalem,
Who said, “Raze it, raze it
To its very foundation.”
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, you devastated one,
How blessed will be the one who repays you
With the recompense with which you have repaid us.
How blessed will be the one who repays you
With the recompense with which you have repaid us.
Daughter of Babylon, who art to be laid waste, happy he that rendereth unto thee that which thou hast meted out to us.