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1. By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept at the memory of Zion.

1. By the waters of Babylon, there we sat down and wept, when we remembered Zion.

2. On the poplars there we had hung up our harps.

2. On the willows there we hung up our lyres.

3. For there our gaolers had asked us to sing them a song, our captors to make merry, 'Sing us one of the songs of Zion.'

3. For there our captors required of us songs, and our tormentors, mirth, saying, "Sing us one of the songs of Zion!"

4. How could we sing a song of Yahweh on alien soil?

4. How shall we sing the LORD's song in a foreign land?

5. If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand wither!

5. If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand wither!

6. May my tongue remain stuck to my palate if I do not keep you in mind, if I do not count Jerusalem the greatest of my joys.

6. Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you, if I do not set Jerusalem above my highest joy!

7. Remember, Yahweh, to the Edomites' cost, the day of Jerusalem, how they said, 'Down with it! Rase it to the ground!'

7. Remember, O LORD, against the E'domites the day of Jerusalem, how they said, "Rase it, rase it! Down to its foundations!"

8. Daughter of Babel, doomed to destruction, a blessing on anyone who treats you as you treated us,

8. O daughter of Babylon, you devastator! Happy shall he be who requites you with what you have done to us!

9. a blessing on anyone who seizes your babies and shatters them against a rock!

9. Happy shall he be who takes your little ones and dashes them against the rock!



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