1By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept,
2We hanged our harps
3For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song;
4How shall we sing the Lord’s song
5If I forget thee, O Jerusalem,
6If I do not remember thee,
7Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem;
8O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed;
9Happy shall he be that taketh