1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down.

Yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion.

2 On the willows in that land,

we hung up our harps.

3 For there, those who led us captive asked us for songs.

Those who tormented us demanded songs of joy:

"Sing us one of the songs of Zion!"

4 How can we sing Yahweh’s song in a foreign land?

5 If I forget you, Jerusalem,

let my right hand forget its skill.

6 Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I don’t remember you,

if I don’t prefer Jerusalem above my chief joy.

7 Remember, Yahweh, against the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem,

who said, "Raze it!

Raze it even to its foundation!"

8 Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction,

he will be happy who repays you,

as you have done to us.

9 Happy shall he be,

who takes and dashes your 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

摔在盘石上的，

那人有福了。