1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down and weptwhen we remembered Zion.
2 We hung our harpsupon the poplars.
3 For there our captors made us singand our tormentors made us entertain,saying, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion.”
4 How shall we sing the song of the Lordin a foreign land?
5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem,let my right hand forget its skill.
6 If I do not remember you,let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth,if I do not have Jerusalemas my highest joy.
7 Remember, O Lord, the people of Edomin the day of Jerusalem,who said, “Raze it, raze it,down to its foundations.”
8 O daughter of Babylon, who is to be destroyed,blessed is the one who rewards youas you have done to us.
9 Blessed is the one who takesand dashes your little ones against the rocks.