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| [1]By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat; and wept when we remembered Sion. |
[1]By the rivers of Babylon we sat, and there we wept, when we remembered Zion. |
| [2]We hung our harps on the willows in the midst of it. |
[2]We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. |
| [3]For there they that had taken us captive asked of us the words of a song; and they that had carried us away asked a hymn, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Sion. |
[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 should we sing the Lord's song in a strange land? |
[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 its skill. |
[5]If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget to play. |
| [6]May my tongue cleave to my throat, if I do not remember thee; if I do not prefer Jerusalem as the chief of my joy. |
[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, O Lord, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to its foundations. |
[7]Remember the children of Edom, O Lord, in the day of Jerusalem, which said, Rase it, rase it to the foundation thereof. |
| [8]Wretched daughter of Babylon! blessed shall he be who shall reward thee as thou hast rewarded us. |
[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 who shall seize and dash thine infants against the rock. |
[9]Blessed shall he be that taketh and dasheth thy children against the stones. |