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The 1662 Book of Common Prayer: International Edition is unavailable, but you can change that!

The Book of Common Prayer (1662) is one of the most beloved liturgical texts in the Christian church, and remains a definitive expression of Anglican identity today. It is still widely used around the world, in public worship and private devotion, and is revered for both its linguistic and theological virtues. But the classic text of the 1662 prayer book presents several difficulties for...

By the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept, * when we remembered thee, O Sion. 2 As for our harps, we hanged them up * upon the trees that are therein. 3 For they that led us away captive required of us then a song, and melody in our heaviness: * ‘Sing us one of the songs of Sion.’ 4 How shall we sing the LORD’s song * in a strange land? 5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, * let my right hand forget her cunning. 6 If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, * yea, if
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