Hebrew Names Version HNV
Young's Literal Translation YLT
1 By the rivers of Bavel, there we sat down. Yes, we wept, when we remembered Tziyon.
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By rivers of Babylon -- There we did sit, Yea, we wept when we remembered Zion.
2 On the willows in the midst of it, We hung up our harps.
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On willows in its midst we hung our harps.
3 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 Tziyon!"
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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 How can we sing the LORD's song in a foreign land?
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How do we sing the song of Jehovah, On the land of a stranger?
5 If I forget you, Yerushalayim, Let my right hand forget its skill.
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If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, my right hand forgetteth!
6 Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth, If I don't remember you; If I don't prefer Yerushalayim above my chief joy.
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My tongue doth cleave to my palate, If I do not remember thee, If I do not exalt Jerusalem above my chief joy.
7 Remember, LORD, against the children of Edom, The day of Yerushalayim; Who said, "Raze it! Raze it even to its foundation!"
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Remember, Jehovah, for the sons of Edom, The day of Jerusalem, Those saying, `Rase, rase to its foundation!'
8 Daughter of Bavel, doomed to destruction, He will be happy who rewards you, As you have served us.
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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 Happy shall he be, Who takes and dashes your little ones against the rock.
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O the happiness of him who doth seize, And hath dashed thy sucklings on the rock!