By the Rivers of Babylon
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.
