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By the Rivers of Babylon
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.
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.
We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
Upon the willows in the midst of it
We hung our harps.
We hung our harps.
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.
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.”
How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a strange land?
How can we sing the LORD’S song
In a foreign land?
In a foreign land?
If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.
If I forget you, O Jerusalem,
May my right hand forget her skill.
May my right hand forget her skill.
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.
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.
Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.
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, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
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.