Psalm 137

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  1. BY the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept, far from our own land.
  2. There we hanged our harps upon the willow-trees, in the midst thereof.
  3. For they that led us away captive required of us then a song, and melody in our heaviness: Sing us one of the songs of Sion.
  4. How shall we sing the LORD's song in a strange land?
  5. If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.
  6. If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; yea, if I prefer not Jerusalem in my mirth.
  7. Remember the children of Edom, O LORD, in the day of Jerusalem; how they said, Down with it, down with it, even to the ground.
  8. O daughter of Babylon, wasted with misery; yea, happy shall he be that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
  9. Blessed shall he be that taketh thy children, and throweth them against the stones.
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