1 By the rivers of Babylon we were seated, weeping at the memory of Zion,

2 Hanging our instruments of music on the trees by the waterside.

3 For there those who had taken us prisoners made request for a song; and those who had taken away all we had gave us orders to be glad, saying, Give us one of the songs of Zion.

4 How may we give the Lord's song in a strange land?

5 If I keep not your memory, O Jerusalem, let not my right hand keep the memory of its art.

6 If I let you go out of my thoughts, and if I do not put Jerusalem before my greatest joy, let my tongue be fixed to the roof of my mouth.

7 O Lord, keep in mind against the children of Edom the day of Jerusalem; how they said, Let it be uncovered, uncovered even to its base.

8 O daughter of Babylon, whose fate is destruction; happy is the man who does to you what you have done to us.

9 Happy is the man who takes your little ones, crushing them against the rocks.

1 我们曾坐在巴比伦的河畔， 在那里我们一想起锡安就哭了。

2 我们把我们的琴挂在那里的柳树上。

3 因为在那里， 掳掠我们的人要我们唱歌， 苦待我们的人要我们娱乐他们； 他们说： "为我们唱一首锡安歌吧！ "

4 我们怎能在异族之地唱耶和华的歌呢？

5 耶路撒冷啊！ 如果我忘记你， 情愿我的右手忘记技巧（"忘记技巧"或译： "枯干"）。

6 如果我不记念你， 如果我不高举耶路撒冷超过我最大的喜乐， 情愿我的舌头紧贴上膛。

7 耶和华啊！ 求你记念以东人在耶路撒冷遭难的日子所行的， 他们说： "拆毁它， 拆毁它， 直拆到根基。"

8 将要被毁灭的（"将要被毁灭的"有古译本作"毁灭者"）巴比伦城（"城"原文作"女子"）啊！ 照着你待我们的行为报复你的， 那人有福了。

9 抓住你的婴孩摔在磐石上的， 那人有福了。