Read the Bible

An Experience of the Captivity.

¹ By the ^(C1)rivers of Babylon,
There we sat down and ^(C2)wept,
When we remembered Zion.

² Upon the ^(F1)(C1)willows in the midst of it
We ^(C2)hung our ^(F2)harps.

³ For there our captors ^(F1)(C1)demanded of us ^(F2)songs,
And ^(C2)our tormentors, jubilation, saying,
"Sing for us one of the songs of Zion!"

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

⁵ If I ^(C1)forget you, Jerusalem,
May my right hand ^(F1)forget its skill.

⁶ May my ^(C1)tongue cling to the roof of my mouth
If I do not remember you,
If I do not ^(F1)(C2)exalt Jerusalem
Above my chief joy.

⁷ Remember, LORD, against the sons of ^(C1)Edom
The day of Jerusalem,
Those who said, "Lay it bare, lay it bare
^(C2)To its foundation!"

⁸ Daughter of Babylon, you ^(F1)(C1)devastated one,
Blessed will be one who ^(C2)repays you
With ^(F2)the retribution with which you have repaid us.

⁹ Blessed will be one who seizes and ^(C1)dashes your children
Against the rock.