Psalm 137
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1There we sat down and cried— by the rivers of Babylon— as we remembered Zion.1By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down and wept, When we remembered Zion.
2On the willows there we hung our harps,2Upon the willows in the midst of it We hung our harps.
3for it was there that our captors asked us for songs and our torturers demanded joy from us, "Sing us one of the songs about Zion!"3For there our captors demanded of us songs, And our tormentors mirth, saying, "Sing us one of the songs of Zion."
4How are we to sing the song of the LORD on foreign soil?4How can we sing the LORD'S song In a foreign land?
5If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand cease to function. 5If I forget you, O Jerusalem, May my right hand forget her skill.
6May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I don't remember you, if I don't consider Jerusalem to be more important than my highest joy.6May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth If I do not remember you, If I do not exalt Jerusalem Above my chief joy.
7Remember the day of Jerusalem's fall, LORD, because of the Edomites, who kept saying, "Tear it down! Tear it right down to its foundations!"7Remember, O LORD, against the sons of Edom The day of Jerusalem, Who said, "Raze it, raze it To its very foundation."
8Daughter of Babylon! You devastator! How blessed will be the one who pays you back for what you have done to us.8O daughter of Babylon, you devastated one, How blessed will be the one who repays you With the recompense with which you have repaid us.
9How blessed will be the one who seizes your young children and pulverizes them against the cliff!9How blessed will be the one who seizes and dashes your little ones Against the rock.
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