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Psalm 137
By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept
when we remembered Zion.
By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept
when we remembered Zion.
By the Rivers of Babylon
By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down; yea, we wept when we remembered Zion.
By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down; yea, we wept when we remembered Zion.
There on the poplars
we hung our harps,
we hung our harps,
We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
for there our captors asked us for songs,
our tormentors demanded songs of joy;
they said, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”
our tormentors demanded songs of joy;
they said, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”
For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that made us wail [required] mirth, [saying,] Sing us [one] of the songs of Zion.
How can we sing the songs of the Lord
while in a foreign land?
while in a foreign land?
How should we sing a song of Jehovah's upon a foreign soil?
If I forget you, Jerusalem,
may my right hand forget its skill.
may my right hand forget its skill.
If I forget thee, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget [its skill];
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.
if I do not remember you,
if I do not consider Jerusalem
my highest joy.
If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to my palate: if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
Remember, Lord, what the Edomites did
on the day Jerusalem fell.
“Tear it down,” they cried,
“tear it down to its foundations!”
on the day Jerusalem fell.
“Tear it down,” they cried,
“tear it down to its foundations!”
Remember, O Jehovah, against the sons of Edom, the day of Jerusalem; who said, Lay [it] bare, Lay [it] bare, down to its foundation!
Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction,
happy is the one who repays you
according to what you have done to us.
happy is the one who repays you
according to what you have done to us.
Daughter of Babylon, who art to be laid waste, happy he that rendereth unto thee that which thou hast meted out to us.