^{1 Ref} By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down, yea, we wept, When we remembered Zion.

^{2 Ref} Upon the willows in the midst thereof We hanged up our harps.

^{3 Ref} 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 Ref} How shall we sing Jehovah's song In a foreign land?

^{5 Ref} If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, Let my right hand forget `her skill'.

^{6 Ref} 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 Ref} Remember, O Jehovah, against the children of Edom The day of Jerusalem; Who said, Rase it, rase it, Even to the foundation thereof.

^{8 Ref} O daughter of Babylon, that art to be destroyed, Happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee As thou hast served us.

^{9 Ref} Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones Against the rock. Psalm 138 A `Psalm' of David.

^{1 Ref} By rivers of Babylon -- There we did sit, Yea, we wept when we remembered Zion.

^{2 Ref} On willows in its midst we hung our harps.

^{3 Ref} For there our captors asked us the words of a song, And our spoilers -- joy: `Sing ye to us of a song of Zion.'

^{4 Ref} How do we sing the song of Jehovah, On the land of a stranger?

^{5 Ref} If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, my right hand forgetteth!

^{6 Ref} My tongue doth cleave to my palate, If I do not remember thee, If I do not exalt Jerusalem above my chief joy.

^{7 Ref} Remember, Jehovah, for the sons of Edom, The day of Jerusalem, Those saying, `Rase, rase to its foundation!'

^{8 Ref} O daughter of Babylon, O destroyed one, O the happiness of him who repayeth to thee thy deed, That thou hast done to us.

^{9 Ref} O the happiness of him who doth seize, And hath dashed thy sucklings on the rock!