1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down; yea, we wept when we remembered Zion.

2 We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.

3 For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that made us wail {required} mirth, {saying,} Sing us {one} of the songs of Zion.

4 How should we sing a song of Jehovah's upon a foreign soil?

5 If I forget thee, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget {its skill};

6 If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to my palate: if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.

7 Remember, O Jehovah, against the sons of Edom, the day of Jerusalem; who said, Lay {it} bare, Lay {it} bare, down to its foundation!

8 Daughter of Babylon, who art to be laid waste, happy he that rendereth unto thee that which thou hast meted out to us.

9 Happy he that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the rock.

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。