Psalm 137
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1By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down, yea, we wept When we remembered Zion.1By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.
2We hung our harps Upon the willows in the midst of it.2There on the willows we hung our harps,
3For there those who carried us away captive asked of us a song, And those who plundered us requested mirth, Saying, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”3for there our captors requested a song; our tormentors demanded songs of joy: “Sing us a song of Zion.”
4How shall we sing the LORD’s song In a foreign land?4How can we sing a song of the LORD in a foreign land?
5If I forget you, O Jerusalem, Let my right hand forget its skill!5If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand cease to function.
6If I do not remember you, Let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth— If I do not exalt Jerusalem Above my chief joy.6May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy!
7Remember, O LORD, against the sons of Edom The day of Jerusalem, Who said, “Raze it, raze it, To its very foundation!”7Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “tear it down to its foundations!”
8O daughter of Babylon, who are to be destroyed, Happy the one who repays you as you have served us!8O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us.
9Happy the one who takes and dashes Your little ones against the rock!9Blessed is he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.
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Psalm 136
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