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¹ By the rivers of Bavel we sat down and wept
as we remembered Tziyon.
² We had hung up our lyres
on the willows that were there,
³ when those who had taken us captive
asked us to sing them a song;
our tormentors demanded joy from us —
"Sing us one of the songs from Tziyon!"

⁴ How can we sing a song about Adonai
here on foreign soil?
⁵ If I forget you, Yerushalayim,
may my right hand wither away!
⁶ May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth
if I fail to remember you,
if I fail to count Yerushalayim
the greatest of all my joys.

⁷ Remember, Adonai, against the people of Edom
the day of Yerushalayim's fall,
how they cried, "Tear it down! Tear it down!
Raze it to the ground!"

⁸ Daughter of Bavel, you will be destroyed!
A blessing on anyone who pays you back
for the way you treated us!
⁹ A blessing on anyone who seizes your babies
and smashes them against a rock!