And shook their dust on Babylon.

In Zion's halls the wild harps rang,

To Zion's walls their smitten clang,

And lo! of Babylon they sang,

They only sang of Babylon:

"Jehovah, round whose throne of awe

The vassal stars their orbits draw

Within the circle of Thy law,

Canst Thou make nothing what is done,

Or cause Thy servant to be one