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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 put away our harps,
hanging them on the branches of poplar trees.
hanging them on the branches of poplar trees.
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!”
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 shall 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,
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 how to play the harp.
let my right hand forget how to play the harp.
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!
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 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 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, 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!
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.