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¹ By the rivers of Babylon — there we sat down and wept when we remembered Zion. ⓘ

² There we hung up our lyres on 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 song on foreign soil? ⓛ

⁵ If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill. ⓜ

⁶ May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy! ⓝ

⁷ Remember, LORD, what the Edomites said that day [1] at Jerusalem: “Destroy it! Destroy it down to its foundations!” ⓐ

⁸ Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction, happy is the one who pays you back what you have done to us. ⓑ

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1	By the rivers of Babylon — there we sat down and wept when we remembered Zion. ⓘ
2	There we hung up our lyres on 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 song on foreign soil? ⓛ
5	If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill. ⓜ
6	May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy! ⓝ
7	Remember, LORD, what the Edomites said that day [1] at Jerusalem: “Destroy it! Destroy it down to its foundations!” ⓐ
8	Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction, happy is the one who pays you back what you have done to us. ⓑ
9	Happy is he who takes your little ones and dashes them against the rocks. ⓒ

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