ASV(i)
1 By the rivers of Babylon,
There we sat down, yea, we wept,
When we remembered Zion. 2 Upon the willows in the midst thereof
We hanged up our harps. 3 For there they that led us captive required of us songs,
And they that wasted us [required of us] mirth, [saying],
Sing us one of the songs of Zion. 4 How shall we sing Jehovah's song
In a foreign land? 5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem,
Let my right hand forget [her skill]. 6 Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth,
If I remember thee not;
If I prefer not Jerusalem
Above my chief joy. 7 Remember, O Jehovah, against the children of Edom
The day of Jerusalem;
Who said, Rase it, rase it,
Even to the foundation thereof. 8 O daughter of Babylon, that art to be destroyed,
Happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee
As thou hast served us. 9 Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones
Against the rock.
There we sat down, yea, we wept,
When we remembered Zion. 2 Upon the willows in the midst thereof
We hanged up our harps. 3 For there they that led us captive required of us songs,
And they that wasted us [required of us] mirth, [saying],
Sing us one of the songs of Zion. 4 How shall we sing Jehovah's song
In a foreign land? 5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem,
Let my right hand forget [her skill]. 6 Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth,
If I remember thee not;
If I prefer not Jerusalem
Above my chief joy. 7 Remember, O Jehovah, against the children of Edom
The day of Jerusalem;
Who said, Rase it, rase it,
Even to the foundation thereof. 8 O daughter of Babylon, that art to be destroyed,
Happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee
As thou hast served us. 9 Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones
Against the rock.