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[1]By the rivers of Babylon we sat, and there we wept, when we remembered Zion.
[2]We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
[3]Then they that led us captives, required of us songs and mirth, when we had hanged up our harps, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
[4]How shall we sing, said we, a song of the Lord in a strange land?
[5]If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget to play.
[6]If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth: yea, if I prefer not Jerusalem to my chief joy.
[7]Remember the children of Edom, O Lord, in the day of Jerusalem, which said, Rase it, rase it to the foundation thereof.
[8]O daughter of Babylon, worthy to be destroyed, blessed shall he be that rewardeth thee, as thou hast served us.
[9]Blessed shall he be that taketh and dasheth thy children against the stones.
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