Study Desk

By the rivers of Babylon— there we sat down and wept when we remembered Zion.^(a)

There we hung up our lyres on the poplar trees,^(b)

for our captors there asked us for songs, and our tormentors, for rejoicing: "Sing us one of the songs of Zion."^(c)

How can we sing the Lord 's song on foreign soil?^(d)

If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill.^(e)

May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy!^(f)

Remember, Lord , what the Edomites said that day^[a] at Jerusalem: "Destroy it! Destroy it down to its foundations!"^(g)

Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction, happy is the one who pays you back what you have done to us.^(h)

Happy is he who takes your little ones and dashes them against the rocks.⁽ⁱ⁾

Davidic.

I will give You thanks with all my heart;^(a) I will sing Your praise before the heavenly beings.^[a](b)

I will bow down toward Your holy temple and give thanks to Your name for Your constant love and truth. You have exalted Your name and Your promise above everything else.^(c)

On the day I called, You answered me; You increased strength within me.^[b](d)

All the kings on earth will give You thanks, Lord , when they hear what You have promised.^[c](e)

They will sing of the Lord 's ways, for the Lord 's glory is great.^(f)

Though the Lord is exalted, He takes note of the humble; but He knows the haughty from a distance.^(g)

If I walk into the thick of danger, You will preserve my life from the anger of my enemies.^(h) You will extend Your hand; Your right hand will save me.⁽ⁱ⁾

The Lord will fulfill His purpose for me.^(j) Lord , Your love is eternal; do not abandon the work of Your hands.^(k)