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Alongside Babylon's rivers we sat on the banks; we cried and cried, remembering the good old days in Zion.

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By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.

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By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down, yea, we wept When we remembered Zion.

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Beside the rivers of Babylon, we sat and wept as we thought of Jerusalem.

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Alongside the quaking aspens we stacked our unplayed harps;

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There on the poplars we hung our harps,

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We hung our harps Upon the willows in the midst of it.

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We put away our lyres, hanging them on the branches of the willow trees.

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That's where our captors demanded songs, sarcastic and mocking: "Sing us a happy Zion song!"

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for there our captors asked us for songs, our tormentors demanded songs of joy; they said, "Sing us one of the songs of Zion!"

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For there those who carried us away captive asked of us a song, And those who plundered us requested mirth, Saying, "Sing us one of the songs of Zion!"

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For there our captors demanded a song of us. Our tormentors requested a joyful hymn: "Sing us one of those songs of Jerusalem!"

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Oh, how could we ever sing GOD's song in this wasteland?

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How can we sing the songs of the LORD while in a foreign land?

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How shall we sing the LORD's song In a foreign land?

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But how can we sing the songs of the LORD while in a foreign land?

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If I ever forget you, Jerusalem, let my fingers wither and fall off like leaves.

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If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill.

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If I forget you, O Jerusalem, Let my right hand forget its skill!

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If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill upon the harp.

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Let my tongue swell and turn black if I fail to remember you, If I fail, O dear Jerusalem, to honor you as my greatest.

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May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not consider Jerusalem my highest joy.

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If I do not remember you, Let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth-- If I do not exalt Jerusalem Above my chief joy.

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May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I fail to remember you, if I don't make Jerusalem my highest joy.

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GOD, remember those Edomites, and remember the ruin of Jerusalem, That day they yelled out, "Wreck it, smash it to bits!"

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Remember, O LORD, what the Edomites did on the day Jerusalem fell. "Tear it down," they cried, "tear it down to its foundations!"

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Remember, O LORD, against the sons of Edom The day of Jerusalem, Who said, "Raze it, raze it, To its very foundation!"

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O LORD, remember what the Edomites did on the day the armies of Babylon captured Jerusalem. "Destroy it!" they yelled. "Level it to the ground!"

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And you, Babylonians--ravagers! A reward to whoever gets back at you for all you've done to us;

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O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, happy is he who repays you for what you have done to us-

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O daughter of Babylon, who are to be destroyed, Happy the one who repays you as you have served us!

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O Babylon, you will be destroyed. Happy is the one who pays you back for what you have done to us.

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Yes, a reward to the one who grabs your babies and smashes their heads on the rocks!

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he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.

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Happy the one who takes and dashes Your little ones against the rock!

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Happy is the one who takes your babies and smashes them against the rocks!