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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.
How Shall We Sing the Lord’s Song?
By the waters of Babylon,
there we sat down and wept,
when we remembered Zion.
By the waters of Babylon,
there we sat down and wept,
when we remembered Zion.
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 our captors
required of us songs,
and our tormentors, mirth, saying,
“Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”
required of us songs,
and our tormentors, 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 shall we sing the Lord’s song
in a foreign land?
in a foreign land?
If I forget you, Jerusalem,
may my right hand forget its skill.
may my right hand forget its skill.
If I forget you, O Jerusalem,
let my right hand forget its skill!
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.
Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth,
if I do not remember you,
if I do not set Jerusalem
above my highest joy!
if I do not remember you,
if I do not set Jerusalem
above my highest 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 Lord, against the Edomites
the day of Jerusalem,
how they said, “Lay it bare, lay it bare,
down to its foundations!”
the day of Jerusalem,
how they said, “Lay it bare, lay it bare,
down to its foundations!”
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.
O daughter of Babylon, doomed to be destroyed,
blessed shall he be who repays you
with what you have done to us!
blessed shall he be who repays you
with what you have done to us!