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By the rivers of Babylon, there we [captives] sat down, yes, we wept when we [earnestly] remembered Zion [the city of our God imprinted on our hearts]. |
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On the willow trees in the midst of [Babylon] we hung our harps. |
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For there they who led us captive required of us a song with words, and our tormentors and they who wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion. |
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How shall we sing the Lord’s song in a strange land? |
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If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill [with the harp]. |
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Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth if I remember you not, if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy! ⓐ |
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Remember, O Lord, against the Edomites, that they said in the day of Jerusalem’s fall, Down, down to the ground with her! |
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O Daughter of Babylon [you devastator, you!], who [ought to be and] shall be destroyed, happy and blessed shall he be who requites you as you have served us. ⓑ |
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Happy and blessed shall he be who takes and dashes your little ones against the rock! |
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