Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
By the
rivers of Babylon we sat
and
wept when we remembered Zion.
By rivers of Babylon --
There
we did
sit,
Yea,
we
wept when we remembered Zion.
There
on the
willows we hung our harps ,
On willows in
its
midst
we hung our harps .
for there our captors requested
a song ;
our tormentors
demanded
songs
of
joy: “
Sing us a song of Zion. ”
For there our captors asked
us
the
words
of
a song ,
And
our spoilers
--
joy: `
Sing ye
to
us of
a song of Zion. '
How can
we sing a
song of the LORD
in
a
foreign
land?
How do
we sing the
song of Jehovah,
On
the land of
a
stranger
?
If I forget you
, O Jerusalem, may
my right hand cease
to
function.
If I forget thee
, O Jerusalem, my right hand forgetteth!
May
my tongue cling
to the
roof
of
my mouth
if I do not remember you
, if I do not exalt Jerusalem as
my greatest
joy !
My tongue doth
cleave
to my palate,
If I do not remember thee
, If I do not exalt Jerusalem above
my chief
joy .
Remember, O
LORD
, the sons of Edom on
the day Jerusalem fell:
“Destroy
it
, ”
they
said
, “tear
it
down
to its foundations
! ”
Remember, Jehovah
, for
the sons of Edom ,
The day of
Jerusalem, Those
saying
, `Rase,
rase
to its foundation
! '
O Daughter of Babylon, doomed
to
destruction
, blessed
is
he
who repays
you
as
you
have
done to us.
O daughter of Babylon, O
destroyed
one
, O
the
happiness
of
him
who repayeth
to
thee
thy
deed,
That
thou
hast
done to us.
Blessed
is
he
who seizes
your
infants
and dashes
them
against
the rocks.
O
the
happiness
of
him
who doth
seize,
And hath
dashed
thy
sucklings
on
the rock!
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