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25 lines
860 B
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# Chapter 137
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1 By the rivers of Babylon,
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There we sat down, yea, we wept
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When we remembered Zion.
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2 We hung our harps
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Upon the willows in the midst of it.
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3 For there those who carried us away captive asked of us a song,
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And those who plundered us requested mirth,
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Saying, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”
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4 How shall we sing the Lord’s song
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In a foreign land?
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5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem,
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Let my right hand forget its skill!
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6 If I do not remember you,
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Let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth—
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If I do not exalt Jerusalem
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Above my chief joy.
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7 Remember, O Lord, against the sons of Edom
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The day of Jerusalem,
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Who said, “Raze it, raze it,
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To its very foundation!”
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8 O daughter of Babylon, who are to be destroyed,
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Happy the one who repays you as you have served us!
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9 Happy the one who takes and dashes
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Your little ones against the rock! |