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| The Book of Psalms. The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. |
| Book V |
| CXXXVII |
| An Experience of the Captivity |
| [1] | BY the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down, yea, we wept, When we remembered Zion. |
| [2] | Upon the willows in the midst thereof We hanged up our harps. |
| [3] | For there they that led us captive required of us songs, 1 And they 2 that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion. |
| [4] | How shall we sing Jehovah’s song In a foreign land? |
| [5] | If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, Let my right hand forget her skill. |
| [6] | Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, If I remember thee not; If I prefer not Jerusalem Above my chief joy. |
| [7] | Remember, O Jehovah, against the children of Edom The day of Jerusalem; Who said, Rase it, rase it, Even to the foundation thereof. |
| [8] | O daughter of Babylon, that 3 art to be destroyed, Happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee As thou hast served us. |
| [9] | Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones Against the rock. |
| Note 1. Heb. words of song. [back] |
| Note 2. Or, our tormentors. [back] |
| Note 3. Or, that art laid waste. [back] |
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