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Psalms 137

Sorrows of the exiles in Babylon.

¹By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down. Yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion.

²On the willows in the midst of it, We hung up our harps.

³For there, those who led us captive asked us for songs. Those who tormented us demanded songs of joy: "Sing us one of the songs of Zion!"

⁴How can we sing Yahweh`s song in a foreign land?

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

⁶Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth, If I don`t remember you; If I don`t prefer Jerusalem above my chief joy.

⁷Remember, Yahweh, against the children of Edom, The day of Jerusalem; Who said, "Raze it! Raze it even to its foundation!"

⁸Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, He will be happy who rewards you, As you have served us.

⁹Happy shall he be, Who takes and dashes your little ones against the rock.

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