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By the rivers of Babylon^(a) we sat and wept^(b) when we remembered Zion.^(c)

There on the poplars^(d) we hung our harps,^(e)

for there our captors^(f) asked us for songs, our tormentors demanded^(g) songs of joy; they said, "Sing us one of the songs of Zion!"^(h)

How can we sing the songs of the Lord ⁽ⁱ⁾ while in a foreign land?

If I forget you,^(j) Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill.

May my tongue cling to the roof^(k) of my mouth if I do not remember^(l) you, if I do not consider Jerusalem^(m) my highest joy.

Remember, Lord , what the Edomites⁽ⁿ⁾ did on the day Jerusalem fell.^(o) "Tear it down," they cried, "tear it down to its foundations!"^(p)

Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction,^(q) happy is the one who repays you according to what you have done to us.

Happy is the one who seizes your infants and dashes them^(r) against the rocks.