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¹ By the rivers of Babylon we sat down;
    there we wept when we remembered Zion.
² On the willows near by
    we hung up our harps.
³ Those who captured us told us to sing;
    they told us to entertain them:
    "Sing us a song about Zion."

⁴ How can we sing a song to the Lord
    in a foreign land?
⁵ May I never be able to play the harp again
    if I forget you, Jerusalem!
⁶ May I never be able to sing again
    if I do not remember you,
    if I do not think of you as my greatest joy!

⁷ Remember, Lord, what the Edomites did
    the day Jerusalem was captured.
Remember how they kept saying,
    "Tear it down to the ground!"

^8 (a)Babylon, you will be destroyed.
Happy are those who pay you back
    for what you have done to us—
⁹     who take your babies
    and smash them against a rock.