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An Experience of the Captivity.

¹ By the ^(C1)rivers of Babylon,
There we captives sat down and ^(C2)wept,
When we remembered Zion the city God imprinted on our hearts.

² On the ^(C1)willow trees in the midst of Babylon
We ^(C2)hung our harps.

³ For there they who took us captive ^(C1)demanded of us a song with words,
And ^(C2)our tormentors who made a mockery of us demanded amusement, saying,
"Sing us one of the songs of Zion."

⁴ How can we sing ^(C1)the LORD'S song
In a strange and foreign land?

⁵ If I ^(C1)forget you, O Jerusalem,
Let my right hand forget her skill with the harp.

⁶ Let my ^(C1)tongue cling to the roof of my mouth
If I do not remember you,
If I do not ^(C2)prefer Jerusalem
Above my chief joy. ^(VR1)

⁷ Remember, O LORD, against the ^(C1)sons of Edom,
The day of the fall of Jerusalem,
Who said "Down, down with her
^(C2)To her very foundation."

⁸ O daughter of Babylon, you ^(C1)devastator,
How blessed will be the one
Who ^(C2)repays you with destruction as you have repaid us. ^(VR1)

⁹ How blessed will be the one who seizes and ^(C1)dashes your little ones
Against the rock.