For 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. a song: Heb. the words of a song wasted...: Heb. laid us on heaps
If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy. my chief...: Heb. the head of my joy
O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be , that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. destroyed: Heb. wasted rewardeth...: Heb. recompenseth unto thee thy deed which thou didst to us