| Chapter 137 |
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By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
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We hung our harps upon the willows in the midst of it.
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For 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.
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How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a foreign land?
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If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her skill.
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If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
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Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Raze it, raze it, even to its foundation.
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O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
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Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
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