Psalms 137
1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.
2 On the willows in its midst we hung our harps.
3 For there our captors asked us for songs, and those who tormented us for joy: “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”
4 How could we sing the song of the LORD in a foreign land?
5 If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand forget.
6 May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not place Jerusalem above my greatest joy.
7 Remember, LORD, the Edomites on the day of Jerusalem, those who said: “Tear it down, tear it down to its foundations!”
8 Daughter Babylon, doomed to ruin! Happy is the one who repays you for what you did to us.
9 Happy is the one who seizes your little ones and smashes them against the rock!
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