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| [1]By the waters of Babylon we sat downe there: also we wept when we remembred Sion |
[1]By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. |
| [2]We hanged our harpes on the Salon trees: in the mydst of it |
[2]We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. |
| [3]For there they that led vs away captiue required of vs some matter of a song: and [for] our waylynges myrth, [saying] sing vs one of the songes of Sion |
[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][He aunswered] howe can we sing one of the songes of God: in another lande besides our owne |
[4]How shall we sing the LORD's song in a strange land? |
| [5]If I forget thee O Hierusalem: let my right hande forget [her cunning. |
[5]If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. |
| [6]Let my tongue cleaue to the roofe of my mouth, if I do not remember thee: yea if I preferre not thee O Hierusalem aboue my most myrth |
[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 the chyldren of Edom in the day of Hierusalem: they sayde, downe with it, downe with it, euen to the grounde |
[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]O daughter of Babylon who must lye wasted: happy shall he be that rewardeth thee as thou hast serued vs |
[8]O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. |
| [9]Blessed shall he be: that taketh & throweth thy litle children against the stone |
[9]Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones. |