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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.
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 hung our harps
Upon the willows in the midst of it.
Upon the willows in the midst of it.
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!”
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 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,
Let my right hand forget its skill!
Let my right hand forget its skill!
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 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.
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, 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 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!
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!