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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 our captors said to us, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.⁴ How shall we sing the LORDS song in a strange land?⁵ If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget me.⁶ If I do not remember you, let my tongue cleave to my palate, if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.

⁷ Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem, who said, Raze it, raze it, even to the foundation thereof.⁸ O daughter of Babylon, taker of spoils, blessed shall he be who rewards you as you have served us.⁹ Blessed shall he be who takes and dashes your little ones against the stones.