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Longing for Zion in a Foreign Land
1 By the rivers of Babylon,
There we sat down, yea, we wept
When we remembered Zion.
Upon the willows in the midst of it.
3 For there those who carried us away captive asked of us a song,
And those who aplundered us requested mirth,
Saying, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”
4 How shall we sing the Lord’s song
In a foreign land?
5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem,
Let my right hand forget its skill!
Let my btongue cling to the roof of my mouth—
If I do not exalt Jerusalem
Above my chief joy.
7 Remember, O Lord, against cthe sons of Edom
The day of Jerusalem,
Who said, 1“Raze it, raze it,
To its very foundation!”
8 O daughter of Babylon, dwho are to be destroyed,
Happy the one ewho repays you as you have served us!
9 Happy the one who takes and fdashes
Your little ones against the rock!
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