New Living Translation | International Standard Version |
1Beside the rivers of Babylon, we sat and wept as we thought of Jerusalem. | 1There we sat down and cried— by the rivers of Babylon— as we remembered Zion. |
2We put away our harps, hanging them on the branches of poplar trees. | 2On the willows there we hung our harps, |
3For our captors demanded a song from us. Our tormentors insisted on a joyful hymn: “Sing us one of those songs of Jerusalem!” | 3for it was there that our captors asked us for songs and our torturers demanded joy from us, "Sing us one of the songs about Zion!" |
4But how can we sing the songs of the LORD while in a pagan land? | 4How are we to sing the song of the LORD on foreign soil? |
5If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget how to play the harp. | 5If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand cease to function. |
6May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I fail to remember you, if I don’t make Jerusalem my greatest joy. | 6May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I don't remember you, if I don't consider Jerusalem to be more important than my highest joy. |
7O LORD, remember what the Edomites did on the day the armies of Babylon captured Jerusalem. “Destroy it!” they yelled. “Level it to the ground!” | 7Remember the day of Jerusalem's fall, LORD, because of the Edomites, who kept saying, "Tear it down! Tear it right down to its foundations!" |
8O Babylon, you will be destroyed. Happy is the one who pays you back for what you have done to us. | 8Daughter of Babylon! You devastator! How blessed will be the one who pays you back for what you have done to us. |
9Happy is the one who takes your babies and smashes them against the rocks! | 9How blessed will be the one who seizes your young children and pulverizes them against the cliff! |
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. | The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1 Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY. |
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