[an error occurred while processing this directive] | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down and wept, When we remembered Zion. |
2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2Upon the willows in the midst of it We hung our harps. |
3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3For there our captors demanded of us songs, And our tormentors mirth, saying, "Sing us one of the songs of Zion." |
4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4How can we sing the LORD'S song In a foreign land? |
5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5If I forget you, O Jerusalem, May my right hand forget her skill. |
6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth If I do not remember you, If I do not exalt Jerusalem Above my chief joy. |
7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7Remember, O LORD, against the sons of Edom The day of Jerusalem, Who said, "Raze it, raze it To its very foundation." |
8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8O daughter of Babylon, you devastated one, How blessed will be the one who repays you With the recompense with which you have repaid us. |
9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9How blessed will be the one who seizes and dashes your little ones Against the rock. |
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