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Psalms 137:1-7

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1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
1 By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.
2 We hung our harps upon the willows in the midst of it.
2 There on the poplars we hung our harps,
3 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.
3 for there our captors asked us for songs, our tormentors demanded songs of joy; they said, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”
4 How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a foreign land?
4 How can we sing the songs of the LORD while in a foreign land?
5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget [her skill].
5 If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill.
6 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.
6 May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not consider Jerusalem my highest joy.
7 Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Raze [it], raze [it], [even] to its foundation.
7 Remember, LORD, what the Edomites did on the day Jerusalem fell. “Tear it down,” they cried, “tear it down to its foundations!”
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