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It was there that those who had captured us demanded that we sing.
    Those who guarded us wanted us to entertain them.
        They said, “Sing a song from Zion for us!”

How could we sing Yahweh’s song in a foreign land?
If I forget you, Jerusalem,
    let my right hand forget how to play the lyre.

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for there our captors(A) asked us for songs,
    our tormentors demanded(B) songs of joy;
    they said, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”(C)

How can we sing the songs of the Lord(D)
    while in a foreign land?
If I forget you,(E) Jerusalem,
    may my right hand forget its skill.

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