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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.
Upon the willows in the midst of it
We hung our harps.
We hung our harps.
We put away our harps,
hanging them on the branches of poplar trees.
hanging them on the branches of poplar trees.
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 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 can we sing the LORD’S song
In a foreign land?
In a foreign land?
But how can we sing the songs of the LORD
while in a pagan land?
while in a pagan 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 how to play the harp.
let my right hand forget how to play the harp.
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.
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, 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 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, 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 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.