| New International Version | Berean Standard Bible |
| 1By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion. | 1By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion. |
| 2There on the poplars we hung our harps, | 2There on the willows we hung our harps, |
| 3for there our captors asked us for songs, our tormentors demanded songs of joy; they said, "Sing us one of the songs of Zion!" | 3for there our captors requested a song; our tormentors demanded songs of joy: “Sing us a song of Zion.” |
| 4How can we sing the songs of the LORD while in a foreign land? | 4How can we sing a song of the LORD in a foreign land? |
| 5If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill. | 5If I forget you, O 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 consider Jerusalem 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 as my greatest joy! |
| 7Remember, LORD, what the Edomites did on the day Jerusalem fell. "Tear it down," they cried, "tear it down to its foundations!" | 7Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “tear it down to its foundations!” |
| 8Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction, happy is the one who repays you according to what you have done to us. | 8O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us. |
| 9Happy is the one who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks. | 9Blessed is he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks. |
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