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Psalms 137

1

By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.

2

We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.

3

For 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. a song: Heb. the words of a song
wasted...: Heb. laid us on heaps

4

How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a strange land? strange...: Heb. land of a stranger?

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; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy. my chief...: Heb. the head of my joy

7

Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it , rase it, even to the foundation thereof. Rase it: Heb. Make bare

8

O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be , that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. destroyed: Heb. wasted
rewardeth...: Heb. recompenseth unto thee thy deed which thou didst to us

9

Happy shall he be , that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones. the stones: Heb. the rock



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