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| 1. | By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down. Yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion. | By the rivers of Babylon we were seated, weeping at the memory of Zion, | By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. | ||
| 2. | On the willows in its midst, we hung up our harps. | Hanging our instruments of music on the trees by the waterside. | We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. | ||
| 3. | For there, those who led us captive asked us for songs. Those who tormented us demanded songs of joy: "Sing us one of the songs of Zion!" | For there those who had taken us prisoners made request for a song; and those who had taken away all we had gave us orders to be glad, saying, Give us one of the songs of Zion. | 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. | ||
| 4. | How can we sing Yahweh's song in a foreign land? | How may we give the Lord's song in a strange land? | How shall we sing the LORD's song in a strange land? | ||
| 5. | If I forget you, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill. | If I keep not your memory, O Jerusalem, let not my right hand keep the memory of its art. | If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. | ||
| 6. | Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I don't remember you; if I don't prefer Jerusalem above my chief joy. | If I let you go out of my thoughts, and if I do not put Jerusalem before my greatest joy, let my tongue be fixed to the roof of my mouth. | 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. | ||
| 7. | Remember, Yahweh, against the children of Edom, the day of Jerusalem; who said, "Raze it! Raze it even to its foundation!" | O Lord, keep in mind against the children of Edom the day of Jerusalem; how they said, Let it be uncovered, uncovered even to its base. | Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof. | ||
| 8. | Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, he will be happy who rewards you, as you have served us. | O daughter of Babylon, whose fate is destruction; happy is the man who does to you what you have done to us. | O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. | ||
| 9. | Happy shall he be, who takes and dashes your little ones against the rock. | Happy is the man who takes your little ones, crushing them against the rocks. | Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones. | ||