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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.
There on the poplars
we hung our harps,
we hung our harps,
We put away our harps,
hanging them on the branches of poplar trees.
hanging them on the branches of poplar trees.
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 our captors demanded a song from us.
Our tormentors insisted on a joyful hymn:
“Sing us one of those songs of Jerusalem!”
Our tormentors insisted on a joyful hymn:
“Sing us one of those songs of Jerusalem!”
How can we sing the songs of the Lord
while in a foreign land?
while in a foreign land?
But how can we sing the songs of the LORD
while in a pagan land?
while in a pagan 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 how to play the harp.
let my right hand forget how to play the harp.
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 stick to the roof of my mouth
if I fail to remember you,
if I don’t make Jerusalem my greatest joy.
if I fail to remember you,
if I don’t make Jerusalem my greatest 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!”
O LORD, remember what the Edomites did
on the day the armies of Babylon captured Jerusalem.
“Destroy it!” they yelled.
“Level it to the ground!”
on the day the armies of Babylon captured Jerusalem.
“Destroy it!” they yelled.
“Level it to the ground!”
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 Babylon, you will be destroyed.
Happy is the one who pays you back
for what you have done to us.
Happy is the one who pays you back
for what you have done to us.