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| [1]By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. |
[1]By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion. |
| [2]Upon the willows in the midst thereof we hanged up our harps. |
[2]We hung our harps upon the willows in the midst of it. |
| [3]For there they that led us captive asked of us words of song, and our tormentors asked of us mirth: 'Sing us one of the songs of Zion.' |
[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 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇'S song in a foreign land? |
[4]How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a foreign land? |
| [5]If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. |
[5]If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her skill. |
| [6]Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if I remember thee not; if I set not Jerusalem above my chiefest joy. |
[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 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇, against the children of Edom the day of Jerusalem; who said: 'Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.' |
[7]Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Raze it, raze it, even to its foundation. |
| [8]O daughter of Babylon, that art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that repayeth thee as thou hast served us. |
[8]O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. |
| [9]Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the rock. |
[9]Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones. |