1By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat, and we also wept when we remembered Zion.
2Upon the willows in her midst had we hung up our harps.
3For there our captors demanded of us the words of song; and those that mocked us, joy, saying, Sing for us one of the songs of Zion.
4How should we sing the song of the Lord on the soil of the stranger?
5If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, may my right hand forget—.