Verse
WEB
World English Bible
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
By the rivers of Babylon ,
there
we sat down.
Yes,
we
wept ,
when we remembered Zion.
By the rivers of Babylon we sat and
wept when we remembered Zion.
On the willows in
the
midst
of
it,
We hung up
our harps .
There
on the willows we hung our harps ,
For there ,
those
who
led
us
captive
asked
us
for
songs.
Those
who
tormented
us
demanded songs of joy: "
Sing us one
of
the
songs
of Zion !"
for there our
captors
requested
a
song;
our
tormentors
demanded songs of joy: “
Sing us a
song
of Zion .”
How can we sing Yahweh's
song in a foreign land?
How can we sing a
song of
the
LORD
in a foreign land?
If I forget you, Jerusalem, Let
my right hand forget
its
skill
.
If I forget you, O
Jerusalem, may
my right hand cease
to
function
.
Let
my tongue stick
to the roof of my mouth if I don't
remember you ;
If I don't
prefer
Jerusalem above
my chief
joy .
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 !
Remember, Yahweh
, against
the children
of Edom ,
The day of
Jerusalem ;
Who
said, "Raze
it!
Raze
it even
to its foundation
! "
Remember, O
LORD
, the sons
of Edom on
the day Jerusalem fell:
“Destroy
it,”
they
said, “tear
it down
to its foundations
! ”
Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, He will
be
happy
who rewards
you ,
As you have served
us.
O
Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed
is
he who repays
you as you have done
to
us.
Happy
shall
he be,
Who takes
and dashes your
little
ones
against the rock
.
Blessed
is
he who seizes
your
infants
and dashes them
against the rocks
.
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