^{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!