1 By the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept, ♦︎
when we remembered Zion.
2 As for our lyres, we hung them up ♦︎
on the willows that grow in that land.
3 For there our captors asked for a song,
our tormentors called for mirth: ♦︎
Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
4 How shall we sing the Lords song ♦︎
in a strange land?
5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem, ♦︎
let my right hand forget its skill.
6 Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth
if I do not remember you, ♦︎
if I set not Jerusalem above my highest joy.
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