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137:1 By the rivers of Babylon we sit down and weep when we remember Zion. 137:2 On the poplars in her midst we hang our harps, 137:3 for 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!” 137:4 How can we sing a song to the Lord in a foreign land? 137:5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand be crippled. 137:6 May 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. 137:7 Remember, O Lord, what the Edomites did on the day Jerusalem fell. They said, “Tear it down, tear it down, right to its very foundation!” 137:8 O daughter Babylon, soon to be devastated, how blessed will be the one who repays you for what you dished out to us. 137:9 How blessed will be the one who grabs your babies and smashes them on a rock.
137:9 By David.
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