KJV ¹ By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.

VULC ¹ Ipsi David. [Confitebor tibi, Domine, in toto corde meo,
quoniam audisti verba oris mei.
In conspectu angelorum psallam tibi ;

KJV ² We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.

VULC ² adorabo ad templum sanctum tuum,
et confitebor nomini tuo :
super misericordia tua et veritate tua ;
quoniam magnificasti super omne, nomen sanctum tuum.

KJV ³ 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.

VULC ³ In quacumque die invocavero te, exaudi me ;
multiplicabis in anima mea virtutem.

KJV ⁴ How shall we sing the LORD's song in a strange land?

VULC ⁴ Confiteantur tibi, Domine, omnes reges terræ,
quia audierunt omnia verba oris tui.

KJV ⁵ If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.

VULC ⁵ Et cantent in viis Domini,
quoniam magna est gloria Domini ;

KJV ⁶ 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.

VULC ⁶ quoniam excelsus Dominus, et humilia respicit,
et alta a longe cognoscit.

KJV ⁷ Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.

VULC ⁷ Si ambulavero in medio tribulationis, vivificabis me ;
et super iram inimicorum meorum extendisti manum tuam,
et salvum me fecit dextera tua.

KJV ⁸ O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.

VULC ⁸ Dominus retribuet pro me.
Domine, misericordia tua in sæculum ;
opera manuum tuarum ne despicias.]

KJV ⁹ Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.