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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.
Longing for Zion in a Foreign Land
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 hung our harps
Upon the willows in the midst of it.
Upon the willows in the midst of it.
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 those who carried us away captive asked of us a song,
And those who plundered us requested mirth,
Saying, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”
And those who plundered us requested 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 shall we sing the Lord’s song
In a foreign land?
In a foreign land?
If I forget you, O Jerusalem,
May my right hand forget her skill.
May my right hand forget her skill.
If I forget you, O Jerusalem,
Let my right hand forget its skill!
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 you,
Let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth —
If I do not exalt Jerusalem
Above my chief joy.
Let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth —
If I do not exalt 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.”
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.
O daughter of Babylon, who are to be destroyed,
Happy the one who repays you as you have served us!
Happy the one who repays you as you have served us!