| 1 | By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. |
| 2 | We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. |
| 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. |
| 4 | How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a strange land? |
| 5 | If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget [her cunning]. |
| 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. |
| 7 | Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase [it], rase [it, even] to the foundation thereof. |
| 8 | O daughter of Babylon, who 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 stones. |
