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Psalm 137
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Psalm 137 . 1
1 By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.CPsalm 137:1-9TOSKPsalm 137:1LTExile and Return
Psalm 137 . 2
2 There on the willows we hung our harps,CPsalm 137:1-9TOSKPsalm 137:2
Psalm 137 . 3
3 for there our captors requested a song; our tormentors demanded songs of joy: “Sing us a song of Zion.”CPsalm 137:1-9TOSKPsalm 137:3
Psalm 137 . 4
4 How can we sing a song of the LORD in a foreign land?CPsalm 137:1-9TOSKPsalm 137:4
Psalm 137 . 5
5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand cease to function.CPsalm 137:1-9TOSKPsalm 137:5
Psalm 137 . 6
6 May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy!CPsalm 137:1-9TOSKPsalm 137:6
Psalm 137 . 7
7 Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “tear it down to its foundations!”CPsalm 137:1-9TOSKPsalm 137:7
Psalm 137 . 8
8 O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us.CPsalm 137:1-9TOSKPsalm 137:8
Psalm 137 . 9
9 Blessed is he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.CPsalm 137:1-9TOSKPsalm 137:9