| New American Standard Bible 1995 | International Standard Version |
| 1By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down and wept, When we remembered Zion. | 1There we sat down and cried— by the rivers of Babylon— as we remembered Zion. |
| 2Upon the willows in the midst of it We hung our harps. | 2On the willows there we hung our harps, |
| 3For there our captors demanded of us songs, And our tormentors mirth, saying, "Sing us one of the songs 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 the LORD'S song 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 forget her skill. | 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 Above my chief 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, against the sons of Edom The day of Jerusalem, Who said, "Raze it, raze it To its very foundation." | 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, you devastated one, How blessed will be the one who repays you With the recompense with which you have repaid us. | 8Daughter of Babylon! You devastator! How blessed will be the one who pays you back for what you have done to us. |
| 9How blessed will be the one who seizes and dashes your little ones Against the rock. | 9How blessed will be the one who seizes your young children and pulverizes them against the cliff! |
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