^{1 Ref} By the rivers of Babylon we were seated, weeping at the memory of Zion,

^{2 Ref} Hanging our instruments of music on the trees by the waterside.

^{3 Ref} For there those who had taken us prisoners made request for a song; and those who had taken away all we had gave us orders to be glad, saying, Give us one of the songs of Zion.

^{4 Ref} How may we give the Lord's song in a strange land?

^{5 Ref} If I keep not your memory, O Jerusalem, let not my right hand keep the memory of its art.

^{6 Ref} If I let you go out of my thoughts, and if I do not put Jerusalem before my greatest joy, let my tongue be fixed to the roof of my mouth.

^{7 Ref} O Lord, keep in mind against the children of Edom the day of Jerusalem; how they said, Let it be uncovered, uncovered even to its base.

^{8 Ref} O daughter of Babylon, whose fate is destruction; happy is the man who does to you what you have done to us.

^{9 Ref} Happy is the man who takes your little ones, crushing them against the rocks.

^{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!

^{1 Ref} By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down. Yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion.

^{2 Ref} On the willows in the midst of it, We hung up our harps.

^{3 Ref} For there, those who led us captive asked us for songs. Those who tormented us demanded songs of joy: "Sing us one of the songs of Zion!"

^{4 Ref} How can we sing Yahweh's song in a foreign land?

^{5 Ref} If I forget you, Jerusalem, Let my right hand forget its skill.

^{6 Ref} Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I don't remember you; If I don't prefer Jerusalem above my chief joy.

^{7 Ref} Remember, Yahweh, against the children of Edom, The day of Jerusalem; Who said, "Raze it! Raze it even to its foundation!"

^{8 Ref} Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, He will be happy who rewards you, As you have served us.

^{9 Ref} Happy shall he be, Who takes and dashes your little ones against the rock.