1By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
1被擄之民向 神的哀求我們曾坐在巴比倫的河畔，在那裡我們一想起錫安就哭了。
2We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
2我們把我們的琴掛在那裡的柳樹上。
3For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
3因為在那裡，擄掠我們的人要我們唱歌，苦待我們的人要我們娛樂他們；他們說：“為我們唱一首錫安歌吧！”
4How shall we sing the LORD's song in a strange land?
4我們怎能在異族之地唱耶和華的歌呢？
5If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.
5耶路撒冷啊！如果我忘記你，情願我的右手忘記技巧（“忘記技巧”或譯：“枯乾”）。
6If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
6如果我不記念你，如果我不高舉耶路撒冷超過我最大的喜樂，情願我的舌頭緊貼上膛。
7Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.
7耶和華啊！求你記念以東人在耶路撒冷遭難的日子所行的，他們說：“拆毀它，拆毀它，直拆到根基。”
8O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
8將要被毀滅的（“將要被毀滅的”有古譯本作“毀滅者”）巴比倫城（“城”原文作“女子”）啊！照著你待我們的行為報復你的，那人有福了。
9Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
9抓住你的嬰孩摔在磐石上的，那人有福了。