Jubilee Bible 2000 JUB
New International Version NIV
1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
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By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.
2 We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof;
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There on the poplars we hung our harps,
3 when there, those that carried us away captive asked us for the words of the song; <em>with</em> our harps of joy <em>hung upon the willows saying</em>, Sing us <em>one</em> of the songs of Zion.
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for there our captors asked us for songs, our tormentors demanded songs of joy; they said, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”
4 How shall we sing the song of the LORD in <em>the</em> land of strangers?
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How can we sing the songs of the LORD while in a foreign land?
5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, my right hand shall be forgotten.
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If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill.
6 If I do not remember thee, my tongue shall cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I do not prefer to lift up Jerusalem as my chief joy.
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May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not consider Jerusalem my highest joy.
7 Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Raze <em>it</em>, raze <em>it</em>, <em>even</em> to the foundation thereof.
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Remember, LORD, what the Edomites did on the day Jerusalem fell. “Tear it down,” they cried, “tear it down to its foundations!”
8 O daughter of Babylon, <em>who art to be</em> destroyed; happy <em>shall he be</em>, that rewards thee as thou hast served us.
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Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction, happy is the one who repays you according to what you have done to us.
9 Happy <em>shall he be</em>, that takes and dashes thy offspring against the stones.
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Happy is the one who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.
The Jubilee Bible (from the Scriptures of the Reformation), edited by Russell M. Stendal, Copyright © 2000, 2001, 2010
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