Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible RHE
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1 (136-1) Upon the rivers of Babylon, there we sat and wept: when we remembered Sion:
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By the rivers of Babylon— there we sat down and there we wept when we remembered Zion.
2 (136-2) On the willows in the midst thereof we hung up our instruments.
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On the willows there we hung up our harps.
3 (136-3) For there they that led us into captivity required of us the words of songs. And they that carried us away, said: Sing ye to us a hymn of the songs of Sion.
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For there our captors asked us for songs, and our tormentors asked for mirth, saying, "Sing us one of the songs of Zion!"
4 (136-4) How shall we sing the song of the Lord in a strange land?
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How could we sing the Lord's song in a foreign land?
5 (136-5) If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand be forgotten.
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If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand wither!
6 (136-6) Let my tongue cleave to my jaws, if I do not remember thee: If I make not Jerusalem the beginning of my joy.
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Let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you, if I do not set Jerusalem above my highest joy.
7 (136-7) Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom, in the day of Jerusalem: Who say: Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.
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Remember, O Lord, against the Edomites the day of Jerusalem's fall, how they said, "Tear it down! Tear it down! Down to its foundations!"
8 (136-8) O daughter of Babylon, miserable: blessed shall he be who shall repay thee thy payment which thou hast paid us.
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O daughter Babylon, you devastator! Happy shall they be who pay you back what you have done to us!
9 (136-9) Blessed be he that shall take and dash thy little ones against the rock.
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Happy shall they be who take your little ones and dash them against the rock!
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