| 1 | By the rivers of Babylon, there we [captives] sat down, yes, we wept when we [earnestly] remembered Zion [the city of our God imprinted on our hearts]. |
| 2 | On the willow trees in the midst of [Babylon] we hung our harps. |
| 3 | For there they who led us captive required of us a song with words, and our tormentors
and
they who 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 you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill [with the harp]. |
| 6 | Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth if I remember you not, if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy! |
| 7 | Remember, O Lord, against the Edomites, that they said in the day of Jerusalem’s fall, Down, down to the ground with her! |
| 8 | O Daughter of Babylon [you devastator, you!], who [ought to be and] shall be destroyed, happy
and
blessed shall he be who requites you as you have served us. |
| 9 | Happy
and
blessed shall he be who takes and dashes your little ones against the rock! |
Cross references:
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Psalm 137:6 : Ezek. 3:26.
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Psalm 137:8 : Isa. 13:1-22; Jer. 25:12, 13.
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