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Psalms 137

1 Alongside Babylon's streams, there we sat down, crying because we remembered Zion.

1 By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.

2 We hung our lyres up in the trees there

2 There on the poplars we hung our harps,

3 because that's where our captors asked us to sing; our tormentors requested songs of joy: "Sing us a song about Zion!" they said.

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 But how could we possibly sing the LORD's song on foreign soil?

4 How can we sing the songs of the LORD while in a foreign land?

5 Jerusalem! If I forget you, let my strong hand wither!

5 If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill.

6 Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I don't remember you, if I don't make Jerusalem my greatest 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 LORD, remember what the Edomites did on Jerusalem's dark day: "Rip it down, rip it down! All the way to its foundations!" they yelled.

7 Remember, LORD, what the Edomites did on the day Jerusalem fell. “Tear it down,” they cried, “tear it down to its foundations!”

8 Daughter Babylon, you destroyer, a blessing on the one who pays you back the very deed you did to us!

8 Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction, happy is the one who repays you according to what you have done to us.

9 A blessing on the one who seizes your children and smashes them against the rock!

9 Happy is the one who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.