King James Version KJV
Young's Literal Translation YLT
1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
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By rivers of Babylon -- There we did sit, Yea, we wept when we remembered Zion.
2 We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
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On willows in its midst we hung our harps.
3 For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
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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 shall we sing the LORD'S song in a strange land?
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How do we sing the song of Jehovah, On the land of a stranger?
5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.
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If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, my right hand forgetteth!
6 If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem 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, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.
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Remember, Jehovah, for the sons of Edom, The day of Jerusalem, Those saying, `Rase, rase to its foundation!'
8 O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast 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, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
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O the happiness of him who doth seize, And hath dashed thy sucklings on the rock!
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