1. By the rivers of Babylon —there we sat down and weptwhen we remembered Zion.
2. There we hung up our lyreson the poplar trees,
3. for our captors there asked us for songs,and our tormentors, for rejoicing:“Sing us one of the songs of Zion.”
4. How can we sing the Lord’s songon foreign soil?
5. If I forget you, Jerusalem,may my right hand forget its skill.