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| [1]Ipsi David. Confitebor tibi, Domine, in toto corde meo, quoniam audisti verba oris mei. In conspectu angelorum psallam tibi, |
[1]By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. |
| [2]adorabo ad templum sanctum tuum, et confitebor nomini tuo super misericordia tua et veritate tua, quoniam magnificasti super omne nomen sanctum tuum. |
[2]We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. |
| [3]In quacumque die invocavero te, exaudi me; multiplicabis in anima mea virtutem. |
[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]Confiteantur tibi, Domine, omnes reges terræ, quia audierunt omnia verba oris tui; |
[4]How shall we sing the LORD's song in a strange land? |
| [5]et cantent in viis Domini, quoniam magna est gloria Domini; |
[5]If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. |
| [6]quoniam excelsus Dominus, et humilia respicit, et alta a longe cognoscit. |
[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]Si ambulavero in medio tribulationis, vivificabis me; et super iram inimicorum meorum extendisti manum tuam, et salvum me fecit dextera tua. |
[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]Dominus retribuet pro me. Domine, misericordia tua in sæculum; opera manuum tuarum ne despicias. |
[8]O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. |
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[9]Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones. |