| Berean Standard Bible | International Standard Version |
| 1By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion. | 1There we sat down and cried— by the rivers of Babylon— as we remembered Zion. |
| 2There on the willows we hung our harps, | 2On the willows there we hung our harps, |
| 3for there our captors requested a song; our tormentors demanded songs of joy: “Sing us a song of Zion.” | 3for it was there that our captors asked us for songs and our torturers demanded joy from us, "Sing us one of the songs about Zion!" |
| 4How can we sing a song of the LORD in a foreign land? | 4How are we to sing the song of the LORD on foreign soil? |
| 5If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand cease to function. | 5If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand cease to function. |
| 6May 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! | 6May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I don't remember you, if I don't consider Jerusalem to be more important than my highest joy. |
| 7Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “tear it down to its foundations!” | 7Remember the day of Jerusalem's fall, LORD, because of the Edomites, who kept saying, "Tear it down! Tear it right down to its foundations!" |
| 8O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us. | 8Daughter of Babylon! You devastator! How blessed will be the one who pays you back for what you have done to us. |
| 9Blessed is he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks. | 9How blessed will be the one who seizes your young children and pulverizes them against the cliff! |
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