By the rivers
of Babylon,
there we sat down,
yea, we wept,
when we remembered
Zion.
We hanged
our harps
upon the willows
in the midst
thereof.
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 shall we sing
the LORD'S
song
in a strange
land?
If I forget
thee, O Jerusalem,
let my right hand
forget
her cunning.
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.
set before oneself
προανατάξωμαι
proanataxōmai
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,
who art to be destroyed;
happy
shall he be, that rewardeth
thee as thou hast served
us.
Happy
shall he be, that taketh
and dasheth
thy little ones
against the stones.
