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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.
We hung our harps
Upon the willows in the midst of it.
Upon the willows in the midst of it.
We put away our harps,
hanging them on the branches of poplar trees.
hanging them on the branches of poplar trees.
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 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.
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.
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.
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, 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 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.