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By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down and wept, When we remembered Zion.

By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.

Upon the willows in the midst of it We hung our harps.

We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.

For there our captors demanded of us songs, And our tormentors, jubilation, saying, "Sing for us one of the songs of Zion!"

For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.

How can we sing the LORD'S song In a foreign land?

How shall we sing the Lord 's song in a strange land?

If I forget you, Jerusalem, May my right hand forget its skill.

If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.

May 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.

If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.

Remember, LORD, against the sons of Edom The day of Jerusalem, Those who said, "Lay it bare, lay it bare To its foundation!"

Remember, O Lord , the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.

Daughter of Babylon, you devastated one, Blessed will be one who repays you With the retribution with which you have repaid us.

O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.

Blessed will be one who seizes and dashes your children Against the rock.

Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.