| English Standard Version | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1By the waters of Babylon, there we sat down and wept, when we remembered Zion. | 1By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down and wept, When we remembered Zion. |
| 2On the willows there we hung up our lyres. | 2Upon the willows in the midst of it We hung our harps. |
| 3For there our captors required of us songs, and our tormentors, mirth, saying, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!” | 3For there our captors demanded of us songs, And our tormentors mirth, saying, "Sing us one of the songs of Zion." |
| 4How shall we sing the LORD’s song in a foreign land? | 4How can we sing the LORD'S song In a foreign land? |
| 5If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill! | 5If I forget you, O Jerusalem, May my right hand forget her skill. |
| 6Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you, if I do not set Jerusalem above my highest joy! | 6May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth If I do not remember you, If I do not exalt Jerusalem Above my chief joy. |
| 7Remember, O LORD, against the Edomites the day of Jerusalem, how they said, “Lay it bare, lay it bare, down to its foundations!” | 7Remember, O LORD, against the sons of Edom The day of Jerusalem, Who said, "Raze it, raze it To its very foundation." |
| 8O daughter of Babylon, doomed to be destroyed, blessed shall he be who repays you with what you have done to us! | 8O daughter of Babylon, you devastated one, How blessed will be the one who repays you With the recompense with which you have repaid us. |
| 9Blessed shall he be who takes your little ones and dashes them against the rock! | 9How blessed will be the one who seizes and dashes your little ones Against the rock. |
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