Psalm 137
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1By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.1By the rivers of Babylon we sit down and weep when we remember Zion.
2There on the willows we hung our harps,2On the poplars in her midst we hang our harps,
3for there our captors requested a song; our tormentors demanded songs of joy: “Sing us a song of Zion.”3for there our captors ask us to compose songs; those who mock us demand that we be happy, saying: "Sing for us a song about Zion!"
4How can we sing a song of the LORD in a foreign land?4How can we sing a song to the LORD in a foreign land?
5If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand cease to function.5If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand be crippled!
6May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy!6May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you, and do not give Jerusalem priority over whatever gives me the most joy.
7Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “tear it down to its foundations!”7Remember, O LORD, what the Edomites did on the day Jerusalem fell. They said, "Tear it down, tear it down, right to its very foundation!"
8O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us.8O daughter Babylon, soon to be devastated! How blessed will be the one who repays you for what you dished out to us!
9Blessed is he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.9How blessed will be the one who grabs your babies and smashes them on a rock!
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Psalm 136
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