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

2 O n the willow trees in the midst of we hung our harps.

3 F or there they who led us captive required of us a song with words, and our tormentors and they who wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.

4 H ow shall we sing the Lord’s song in a strange land?

5 I f I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill.

6 L et my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth if I remember you not, if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy!

7 R emember, O Lord, against the Edomites, that they said in the day of Jerusalem’s fall, Down, down to the ground with her!

8 O Daughter of Babylon, who shall be destroyed, happy and blessed shall he be who requites you as you have served us.

9 H appy and blessed shall he be who takes and dashes your little ones against the rock!