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Psalms 137

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¹ By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down; yea, we wept when we remembered Zion.

² We hung our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.

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!"

⁴ How shall we sing the LORD's song in a strange land?

⁵ If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cleverness.

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.

⁷ Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem's fall, who said, "Raze it, raze it, even to the foundation thereof!"

⁸ O daughter of Babylon who art to be destroyed, happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.

⁹ Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.

#	21KJV
1	By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down; yea, we wept when we remembered Zion.
2	We hung our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
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!"
4	How shall we sing the LORD's song in a strange land?
5	If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cleverness.
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.
7	Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem's fall, who said, "Raze it, raze it, even to the foundation thereof!"
8	O daughter of Babylon who art to be destroyed, happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
9	Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.

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