| Chapter 137 |
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By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. --
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We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. --
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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 strange land? --
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If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget [her cunning]. --
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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, Rase [it], rase [it, even] to the foundation thereof. --
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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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