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Psalms 137

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1By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion.Select Psalms 137:1

2We hanged our harps on the willows in the middle thereof.Select Psalms 137:2

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.Select Psalms 137:3

4How shall we sing the LORD’s song in a strange land?Select Psalms 137:4

5If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.Select Psalms 137:5

6If I do not remember you, let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.Select Psalms 137:6

7Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Raze it, raze it, even to the foundation thereof.Select Psalms 137:7

8O daughter of Babylon, who are to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewards you as you have served us.Select Psalms 137:8

9Happy shall he be, that takes and dashes your little ones against the stones.Select Psalms 137:9

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