1
By
the
rivers
of
Babylon,
there
we
sat
down,
yea,
we
wept,
when
we
remembered
Zion.
2
We
hanged
our
harps
upon
the
willows
in
the
midst
thereof.
3
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
shall
we
sing
the
LORD’S
song
in
a
strange
land?
5
If
I
forget
thee,
O
Jerusalem,
let
my
right
hand
forget
[her
cunning].
6
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,
O
LORD,
the
children
of
Edom
in
the
day
of
Jerusalem;
who
said,
Rase
[it],
rase
[it,
even]
to
the
foundation
thereof.
8
O
daughter
of
Babylon,
who
art
to
be
destroyed;
happy
[shall
he
be],
that
rewardeth
thee
as
thou
hast
served
9
Happy
[shall
he
be],
that
taketh
and
dasheth
thy
little
ones
against
the
stones.