1 B y the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down; yea, we wept when we remembered Zion.

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

2 W e hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.

Upon the willows in the midst thereof We hanged up our harps.

3 F or there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that made us wail mirth, Sing us of the songs of Zion.

For there they that led us captive required of us songs, And they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.

4 H ow should we sing a song of Jehovah's upon a foreign soil?

How shall we sing Jehovah's song In a foreign land?

5 I f I forget thee, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget;

If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, Let my right hand forget her skill.

6 I f I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to my palate: if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.

Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, If I remember thee not; If I prefer not Jerusalem Above my chief joy.

7 R emember, O Jehovah, against the sons of Edom, the day of Jerusalem; who said, Lay bare, Lay bare, down to its foundation!

Remember, O Jehovah, against the children of Edom The day of Jerusalem; Who said, Rase it, rase it, Even to the foundation thereof.

8 D aughter of Babylon, who art to be laid waste, happy he that rendereth unto thee that which thou hast meted out to us.

O daughter of Babylon, that art to be destroyed, Happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee As thou hast served us.

9 H appy he that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the rock.

Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones Against the rock.