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Psalms 137
By the Rivers of Babylon
1 By the waters of Babylon,
there we sat down and wept,
when we remembered Zion. 2 On the willows there
we hung up our lyres. 3 For there our captors
required of us songs,
and our tormentors, mirth, saying,
“Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”
4 How shall we sing the LORD's song
in a foreign land? 5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem,
let my right hand forget its skill! 6 Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth,
if I do not remember you,
if I do not set Jerusalem
above my highest joy!
7 Remember, O LORD, against the Edomites
the day of Jerusalem,
how they said, “Lay it bare, lay it bare,
down to its foundations!”
8 O daughter of Babylon, doomed to be destroyed,
blessed shall he be who repays you
with what you have done to us! 9 Blessed shall he be who takes your little ones
and dashes them against the rock!
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