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By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion. There on the poplars we hung our harps

By the waters of Babylon, there we sat down and wept, when we remembered Zion. On the willows there we hung up our lyres.

Beside the rivers of Babylon, we sat and wept as we thought of Jerusalem. We put away our harps, hanging them on the branches of poplar trees.

By the rivers of Babylon — there we sat down and wept when we remembered Zion.  There we hung up our lyres on the poplar trees

By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, When we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps Upon the willows in the midst thereof.

By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down, yea, we wept When we remembered Zion. We hung our harps Upon the willows in the midst of it.

Alongside Babylon’s rivers we sat on the banks; we cried and cried, remembering the good old days in Zion. Alongside the quaking aspens we stacked our unplayed harps; That’s where our captors demanded songs, sarcastic and mocking: “Sing us a happy Zion song!”

By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down and wept, When we remembered Zion. Upon the willows in the midst of it We hung our harps.

By the rivers of Babylon, There we [captives] sat down and wept, When we remembered Zion [the city God imprinted on our hearts]. On the willow trees in the midst of Babylon We hung our harps.

By the rivers of Babylon we sit down and weep when we remember Zion. On the poplars in her midst we hang our harps