| King James Bible | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. | 1By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down and wept, When we remembered Zion. |
| 2We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. | 2Upon the willows in the midst of it We hung our harps. |
| 3For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion. | 3For there our captors demanded of us songs, And our tormentors mirth, saying, "Sing us one of the songs of Zion." |
| 4How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a strange land? | 4How can we sing the LORD'S song In a foreign land? |
| 5If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. | 5If I forget you, O Jerusalem, May my right hand forget her skill. |
| 6If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy. | 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. |
| 7Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof. | 7Remember, O LORD, against the sons of Edom The day of Jerusalem, Who said, "Raze it, raze it To its very foundation." |
| 8O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. | 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. |
| 9Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones. | 9How blessed will be the one who seizes and dashes your little ones Against the rock. |
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