Chapter 137
Psalms
Verse 1By the waters of Babylon,there we sat down and wept,when we remembered Zion.Verse 2On the willows therewe hung up our lyres.Verse 3For there our captorsrequired of us songs,and our tormentors, mirth, saying,“Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”Verse 4How shall we sing the LORD’s songin a foreign land?Verse 5If I forget you, O Jerusalem,let my right hand forget its skill!Verse 6Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth,if I do not remember you,if I do not set Jerusalemabove my highest joy!Verse 7Remember, O LORD, against the Edomitesthe day of Jerusalem,how they said, “Lay it bare, lay it bare,down to its foundations!”Verse 8O daughter of Babylon, doomed to be destroyed,blessed shall he be who repays youwith what you have done to us!Verse 9Blessed shall he be who takes your little onesand dashes them against the rock!
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