Psalms 137
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1By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat, also we wept, when we remembered Zion. 2On the poplars in her midst, we hung our lyres. 3For there our captors asked us for words of a song, and our tormentors for joy, saying, "Sing us from a song of Zion!" 4How can we sing the song of the LORD on foreign soil? 5If I forget you, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget! 6Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not raise Jerusalem above my highest joy. 7Remember, LORD, against the sons of Edom the day of Jerusalem; who said, "Raze it! Raze it, down to her foundation!" 8Daughter of Babylon, the devastated one, happy is he who repays you your dealing that you dealt to us. 9Happy is he who seizes and dashes your little ones against the rock.
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