1By the rivers of Babylon we sat and weptwhen we remembered Zion.
2There on the poplarswe hung our harps,
3for there our captors asked us for songs,our tormentors demanded songs of joy;they said, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”
4How can we sing the songs of the Lordwhile in a foreign land?
5If I forget you, Jerusalem,may my right hand forget its skill.
6May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouthif I do not remember you,if I do not consider Jerusalemmy highest joy.
7Remember, Lord, what the Edomites didon the day Jerusalem fell.“Tear it down,” they cried,“tear it down to its foundations!”
8Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction,happy is the one who repays youaccording to what you have done to us.
9Happy is the one who seizes your infantsand dashes them against the rocks.