PSALM 137 An Experience of the Captivity. 137
1By the rivers of Babylon,
There we sat down and wept,
When we remembered Zion.
2Upon the [G]willows in the midst of it
We hung our [H]harps.
3For there our captors [I]demanded of us [J]songs,
And our tormentors mirth, saying,
“Sing us one of the songs of Zion.”
4How can we sing the Lord’s song
In a foreign land?
5If I forget you, O Jerusalem,
May my right hand [K]forget her skill.
6May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth
If I do not remember you,
If I do not [L]exalt Jerusalem
Above my chief joy.
7Remember, O Lord, against the sons of Edom
The day of Jerusalem,
Who said, “Raze it, raze it
To its very foundation.”
8O daughter of Babylon, you [M]devastated one,
How blessed will be the one who repays you
With [N]the recompense with which you have repaid us.
9How blessed will be the one who seizes and dashes your little ones
Against the rock.
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