Psalms 137 · Clearspring

By the Rivers of Babylon

¹By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.+ ²We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.+ ³For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.+ ⁴How shall we sing the LORD’S song in a strange land?+ ⁵If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.+ ⁶If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.+ ⁷Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.+ ⁸O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.+ ⁹Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.+

By the Rivers of Babylon

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