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 sit down and weep when we remember Zion.
2We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.2On the poplars in her midst we hang our harps,
3For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.3for there our captors ask us to compose songs; those who mock us demand that we be happy, saying: "Sing for us a song about Zion!"
4How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a strange land?4How can we sing a song to the LORD in a foreign land?
5If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.5If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand be crippled!
6If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.6May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you, and do not give Jerusalem priority over whatever gives me the most joy.
7Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.7Remember, O LORD, what the Edomites did on the day Jerusalem fell. They said, "Tear it down, tear it down, right to its very foundation!"
8O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.8O daughter Babylon, soon to be devastated! How blessed will be the one who repays you for what you dished out to us!
9Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.9How blessed will be the one who grabs your babies and smashes them on a rock!
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Psalm 136
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