1By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down and wept, When we remembered Zion.
1我們曾在巴比倫的河邊坐下，一追想錫安就哭了。
2Upon the willows in the midst of it We hung our harps.
2我們把琴掛在那裡的柳樹上；
3For there our captors demanded of us songs, And our tormentors mirth, [saying], 'Sing us one of the songs of Zion.'
3因為在那裡，擄掠我們的要我們唱歌，搶奪我們的要我們作樂，說：給我們唱一首錫安歌罷！
4How can we sing the LORD'S song In a foreign land?
4我們怎能在外邦唱耶和華的歌呢？
5If I forget you, O Jerusalem, May my right hand forget [her skill].
5耶路撒冷啊，我若忘記你，情願我的右手忘記技巧！
6May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth If I do not remember you, If I do not exalt Jerusalem Above my chief joy.
6我若不記念你，若不看耶路撒冷過於我所最喜樂的，情願我的舌頭貼於上膛！
7Remember, O LORD, against the sons of Edom The day of Jerusalem, Who said, 'Raze it, raze it To its very foundation.'
7耶路撒冷遭難的日子，以東人說：拆毀！拆毀！直拆到根基！耶和華啊，求你記念這仇！
8O daughter of Babylon, you devastated one, How blessed will be the one who repays you With the recompense with which you have repaid us.
8將要被滅的巴比倫城啊（城：原文是女子），報復你像你待我們的，那人便為有福！
9How blessed will be the one who seizes and dashes your little ones Against the rock.
9拿你的嬰孩摔在磐石上的，那人便為有福！