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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.
An Experience of the Captivity.
By the rivers of Babylon,
There we sat down and wept,
When we remembered Zion.
By the rivers 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 demanded of us songs,
And our tormentors mirth, saying,
“Sing us one of the songs of Zion.”
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 can 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,
May my right hand forget her skill.
May my right hand forget her 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.
May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth
If I do not remember you,
If I do not exalt Jerusalem
Above my chief joy.
If I do not remember you,
If I do not exalt 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 LORD, against the sons of Edom
The day of Jerusalem,
Who said, “Raze it, raze it
To its very foundation.”
The day of Jerusalem,
Who said, “Raze it, raze it
To its very 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.
O daughter of Babylon, you devastated one,
How blessed will be the one who repays you
With the recompense with which you have repaid us.
How blessed will be the one who repays you
With the recompense with which you have repaid us.