1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
2 Upon the willows in the midst thereof we hanged up our harps.
3 For there they that led us captive required of us songs, and they that wasted usrequired of usmirth,saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
4 How shall we sing theLord’S song in a strange land?
5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forgether cunning.
6 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 Remember, OLord, against the children of Edom the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.
8 O daughter of Babylon, that art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
9 Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the rock.