¹Psalmus David,A Psalm of David:Jeremiæ.to Jeremiah.Super flumina Babylonis illic sedimusAbove the rivers of Babylon,et flevimus,there we sat and wept,cum recordaremur Sion.while we remembered Zion.

¹Psalmus David,A Psalm of David:Jeremiæ.to Jeremiah.Super flumina Babylonis illic sedimusAbove the rivers of Babylon,et flevimus,there we sat and wept,cum recordaremur Sion.while we remembered Zion.

²In salicibus in medio ejus suspendimus organa nostra:By the willow trees, in their midst, we hung up our instruments.

²In salicibus in medio ejus suspendimus organa nostra:By the willow trees, in their midst, we hung up our instruments.

³quia illic interrogaverunt nos,For,qui captivos duxerunt nos,in that place,verba cantionum;those who led us into captivity questioned us about the words of the songs.et qui abduxerunt nos:And those who carried us away said:Hymnum cantate nobis de canticis Sion.“Sing us a hymn from the songs of Zion.”

³quia illic interrogaverunt nos,For,qui captivos duxerunt nos,in that place,verba cantionum;those who led us into captivity questioned us about the words of the songs.et qui abduxerunt nos:And those who carried us away said:Hymnum cantate nobis de canticis Sion.“Sing us a hymn from the songs of Zion.”

⁴Quomodo cantabimus canticum Domini in terra aliena?How can we sing a song of the Lord in a foreign land?

⁴Quomodo cantabimus canticum Domini in terra aliena?How can we sing a song of the Lord in a foreign land?

⁵Si oblitus fuero tui,If I ever forget you,Jerusalem,Jerusalem,oblivioni detur dextera mea.let my right hand be forgotten.

⁵Si oblitus fuero tui,If I ever forget you,Jerusalem,Jerusalem,oblivioni detur dextera mea.let my right hand be forgotten.

⁶Adhæreat lingua mea faucibus meis,May my tongue adhere to my jaws,si non meminero tui;if I do not remember you,si non proposuero Jerusalem in principio lætitiæ meæ.if I do not set Jerusalem first, as the beginning of my joy.

⁶Adhæreat lingua mea faucibus meis,May my tongue adhere to my jaws,si non meminero tui;if I do not remember you,si non proposuero Jerusalem in principio lætitiæ meæ.if I do not set Jerusalem first, as the beginning of my joy.

⁷Memor esto,O Lord,Domine,call to mind the sons of Edom,filiorum Edom,in the day of Jerusalem,in die Jerusalem:who say:qui dicunt:“Despoil it,Exinanite,despoil it,exinanite usque ad fundamentum in ea.even to its foundation.”

⁷Memor esto,O Lord,Domine,call to mind the sons of Edom,filiorum Edom,in the day of Jerusalem,in die Jerusalem:who say:qui dicunt:“Despoil it,Exinanite,despoil it,exinanite usque ad fundamentum in ea.even to its foundation.”

⁸Filia Babylonis misera!O daughter of Babylon, have pity.beatus qui retribuet tibi retributionem tuam quam retribuisti nobis.Blessed is he who will repay you with your payment, which you have paid to us.

⁸Filia Babylonis misera!O daughter of Babylon, have pity.beatus qui retribuet tibi retributionem tuam quam retribuisti nobis.Blessed is he who will repay you with your payment, which you have paid to us.

⁹Beatus qui tenebit,Blessed is he who will take hold of your little oneset allidet parvulos tuos ad petram.and dash them against the rock.

⁹Beatus qui tenebit,Blessed is he who will take hold of your little oneset allidet parvulos tuos ad petram.and dash them against the rock.