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Psalms 137

Psalm 137

An Experience of the Captivity.

¹By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down and wept, When we remembered Zion.

²Upon the willows in the midst of it We hung our harps.

³For there our captors demanded of us songs, And our tormentors, jubilation, saying, “Sing for us one of the songs of Zion!”

⁴¶How can we sing the Lord’s song In a foreign land?

⁵If I forget you, Jerusalem, May my right hand forget its skill.

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.

⁷¶Remember, Lord, against the sons of Edom The day of Jerusalem, Those who said, “Lay it bare, lay it bare To its foundation!”

⁸Daughter of Babylon, you devastated one, Blessed will be one who repays you With the retribution with which you have repaid us.

⁹Blessed will be one who seizes and dashes your children Against the rock.

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