English Standard Version | English Standard Version |
1By the waters of Babylon, there we sat down and wept, when we remembered Zion. | 1By the waters of Babylon, there we sat down and wept, when we remembered Zion. |
2On the willows there we hung up our lyres. | 2On the willows there we hung up our lyres. |
3For there our captors required of us songs, and our tormentors, mirth, saying, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!” | 3For there our captors required of us songs, and our tormentors, mirth, saying, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!” |
4How shall we sing the LORD’s song in a foreign land? | 4How shall we sing the LORD’s song in a foreign land? |
5If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill! | 5If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill! |
6Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you, if I do not set Jerusalem above my highest joy! | 6Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you, if I do not set Jerusalem above my highest joy! |
7Remember, O LORD, against the Edomites the day of Jerusalem, how they said, “Lay it bare, lay it bare, down to its foundations!” | 7Remember, O LORD, against the Edomites the day of Jerusalem, how they said, “Lay it bare, lay it bare, down to its foundations!” |
8O daughter of Babylon, doomed to be destroyed, blessed shall he be who repays you with what you have done to us! | 8O daughter of Babylon, doomed to be destroyed, blessed shall he be who repays you with what you have done to us! |
9Blessed shall he be who takes your little ones and dashes them against the rock! | 9Blessed shall he be who takes your little ones and dashes them against the rock! |
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