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。

1 By the rivers of Babylon,

There we sat down, yea, we wept,

When we remembered Zion.

2 Upon the willows in the midst thereof

We hanged up our harps.

3 For there they that led us captive required of us songs,

And they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying,

Sing us one of the songs of Zion.

4 How shall we sing Jehovah’s song

In a foreign land?

5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem,

Let my right hand forget her skill.

6 Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth,

If I remember thee not;

If I prefer not Jerusalem

Above my chief joy.

7 Remember, O Jehovah, against the children of Edom

The day of Jerusalem;

Who said, Rase it, rase it,

Even to the foundation thereof.

8 O daughter of Babylon, that art to be destroyed,

Happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee

As thou hast served us.

9 Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones

Against the rock.