¹ By the rivers of Babylon^(A) we sat and wept^(B)
    when we remembered Zion.^(C)
2 There on the poplars^(D)
    we hung our harps,^(E)
3 for there our captors^(F) asked us for songs,
    our tormentors demanded^(G) songs of joy;
    they said, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”^(H)