1 Ved Babels Floder, der sad vi og græd, når Zion randt os i hu.

1 By the rivers of Babylon,There we sat down and wept,When we remembered Zion.

2 Vi hængte vore Harper i Landets Pile.

2 Upon the willows in the midst of itWe hung our harps.

3 Thi de, der havde bortført os, bad os synge, vore Bødler bad os være glade: "Syng os af Zions Sange!"

3 For there our captors demanded of us songs,And our tormentors mirth, saying,“Sing us one of the songs of Zion.”

4 Hvor kan vi synge HERRENs Sange på fremmed Grund?

4 How can we sing the Lord’s songIn a foreign land?

5 Jerusalem, glemmer jeg dig, da visne min højre!

5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem,May my right hand forget her skill.

6 Min Tunge hænge ved Ganen, om ikke jeg ihukommer dig, om ikke jeg sætter Jerusalem over min højeste Glæde!

6 May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouthIf I do not remember you,If I do not exalt JerusalemAbove my chief joy.

7 HERRE, ihukom Edoms Sønner for Jerusalems Dag, at de råbte: "Nedbryd, nedbryd lige til Grunden!"

7 Remember, O Lord, against the sons of EdomThe day of Jerusalem,Who said, “Raze it, raze itTo its very foundation.”

8 Du Babels Datter, du Ødelægger! Salig den, der gengælder dig, hvad du gjorde imod os!

8 O daughter of Babylon, you devastated one,How blessed will be the one who repays youWith the recompense with which you have repaid us.

9 Salig den, der griber dine spæde og knuser dem mod Klippen! 

9 How blessed will be the one who seizes and dashes your little onesAgainst the rock.

Det Nye Testamente 1907. Det Gamle Testamente 1931

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