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By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down, yea, we wept, When we remembered Zion.
ASV
Psalms 137
American Standard Version
2
Upon the willows in the midst thereof We hanged up our harps.
3
For there they that led us captive required of us songs, And they that wasted us [required of us] mirth, [saying], Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
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How shall we sing Jehovah’s song In a foreign land?
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If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, Let my right hand forget [her skill].
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Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, If I remember thee not; If I prefer not Jerusalem Above my chief joy.
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Remember, O Jehovah, against the children of Edom The day of Jerusalem; Who said, Rase it, rase it, Even to the foundation thereof.
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O daughter of Babylon, that art to be destroyed, Happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee As thou hast served us.
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Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones Against the rock.
American Revision Committee · Text source: American Standard Version
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