[For David, a Psalm of Jeremias.][1]By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat; and wept when we remembered Sion.[2]We hung our harps on the willows in the midst of it.[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.[4]How should we sing the Lord's song in a strange land?[5]If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill.[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.[7]Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to its foundations.[8]Wretched daughter of Babylon! blessed shall he be who shall reward thee as thou hast rewarded us.[9]Blessed shall he be who shall seize and dash thine infants against the rock.
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Author: Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton (1851)
Source: ecmarsh.com