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1. We sat by the rivers in Babylon and cried as we remembered Zion.
1. By H5921 the rivers H5104 of Babylon H894 , there H8033 we sat down H3427 , yea H1571 , we wept H1058 , when we remembered H2142 H853 Zion H6726 .
2. We hung our harps nearby, there on the willow trees.
2. We hanged H8518 our harps H3658 upon H5921 the willows H6155 in the midst H8432 thereof.
3. There in Babylon, those who captured us told us to sing. Our enemies told us to entertain them. They said, "Sing us one of your songs about Zion. "
3. For H3588 there H8033 they that carried us away captive H7617 required H7592 of us a song H1697 H7892 ; and they that wasted H8437 us required of us mirth H8057 , saying , Sing H7891 us one of the songs H4480 H7892 of Zion H6726 .
4. But we cannot sing the Lord's songs in a foreign country!
4. How H349 shall we sing H7891 H853 the LORD H3068 's song H7892 in H5921 a strange H5236 land H127 ?
5. Jerusalem, if I ever forget you, may I never play a song again.
5. If H518 I forget H7911 thee , O Jerusalem H3389 , let my right hand H3225 forget H7911 her cunning .
6. If I fail to remember you, may I never sing again. I will always remember Jerusalem as my greatest joy!
6. If H518 I do not H3808 remember H2142 thee , let my tongue H3956 cleave H1692 to the roof of my mouth H2441 ; if H518 I prefer H5927 not H3808 H853 Jerusalem H3389 above H5921 my chief H7218 joy H8057 .
7. Lord, be sure to punish the Edomites for what they did when Jerusalem was captured. They shouted, "Destroy its buildings! Pull them down to the ground!"
7. Remember H2142 , O LORD H3068 , the children H1121 of Edom H123 H853 in the day H3117 of Jerusalem H3389 ; who said H559 , Raze H6168 it , raze H6168 it, even to H5704 the foundation H3247 thereof.
8. Babylon, you will be destroyed! Bless the one who pays you back for what you did to us.
8. O daughter H1323 of Babylon H894 , who art to be destroyed H7703 ; happy H835 shall he be , that rewardeth H7945 H7999 thee as H854 H1576 thou hast served H7945 H1580 us.
9. Bless the one who grabs your babies and smashes them against a rock.
9. Happy H835 shall he be , that taketh H7945 H270 and dasheth H5310 H853 thy little ones H5768 against H413 the stones H5553 .
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