[1]By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion.[2]We hung our harps upon the willows in the midst of it.[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 the LORD'S song in a foreign land?[5]If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her skill.[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 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, 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 stones.