Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
KJV
King James Version
By rivers of Babylon --
There we did
sit
, Yea, we wept when we remembered Zion.
By the
rivers of Babylon ,
there we sat
down
, yea, we wept ,
when we remembered Zion.
On
willows
in
its
midst
we hung
our harps.
We hanged
our harps upon
the
willows
in
the
midst
thereof
.
For there our
captors
asked
us the
words
of a song ,
And our
spoilers
--
joy:
`
Sing ye
to
us of a
song
of Zion. '
For there they
that
carried
us away
captive
required
of us
a song ;
and they
that
wasted
us
required
of
us
mirth,
saying,
Sing us one
of the
songs
of Zion.
How do
we sing the song of
Jehovah,
On
the
land
of
a stranger
?
How shall
we sing the LORD's
song in
a strange
land
?
If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, my right hand forgetteth!
If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let
my right hand forget
her
cunning.
My
tongue
doth
cleave
to
my
palate,
If I do not remember thee, If I do
not exalt
Jerusalem above my chief joy.
If I do not remember thee, let
my
tongue
cleave
to
the
roof
of
my
mouth;
if I prefer
not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
Remember, Jehovah
, for
the sons
of Edom ,
The day of Jerusalem ,
Those
saying
, `
Rase, rase to its
foundation !'
Remember, O
LORD
, the children
of Edom in
the day of Jerusalem ;
who
said
, Rase it
, rase it,
even
to the
foundation thereof.
O daughter of Babylon, O
destroyed
one,
O
the
happiness
of
him
who repayeth
to thee
thy
deed
, That thou hast done
to
us.
O daughter of Babylon, who art
to be
destroyed;
happy
shall
he
be
, that rewardeth
thee
as
thou hast served
us.
O
the
happiness
of
him
who
doth
seize
, And hath
dashed
thy sucklings
on
the rock!
Happy
shall
he
be
, that
taketh
and dasheth
thy little
ones
against
the stones.
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