Constancy in captivity.

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 wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.

⁴⁾How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land?

⁵⁾If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its cunning.

⁶⁾If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.

⁷⁾Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, even to the foundation thereof.

⁸⁾O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.

⁹⁾Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.