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Psalms 137 (AMP)

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¹ BY THE rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yes, we wept when we remembered Zion . ² On the willow trees in the midst of we hung our harps. ³ For there they who led us captive required of us a song with words, and our tormentors and they who 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 you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill . ⁶ Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth if I remember you not, if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy! ⁷ Remember, O Lord, against the Edomites, that they said in the day of Jerusalem's fall, Down, down to the ground with her! ⁸ O Daughter of Babylon , who shall be destroyed, happy and blessed shall he be who requites you as you have served us. ⁹ Happy and blessed shall he be who takes and dashes your little ones against the rock!