3. For there our captors asked usfor the words of a song;Our tormentors, for joy:“Sing for us a song of Zion!”
4. But how could we sing a song of the Lordin a foreign land?
5. If I forget you, Jerusalem,may my right hand forget.
6. May my tongue stick to my palateif I do not remember you,If I do not exalt Jerusalembeyond all my delights.
7. Remember, Lord, against Edomthat day at Jerusalem.They said: “Level it, level itdown to its foundations!”