Psalms 137
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Psalms 137:1-7

1By the riversH5104 of BabylonH894, there we satH3427 downH3427; yea, we weptH1058 when we rememberedH2142 ZionH6726.2We hangedH8518 our harpsH3658 upon the willows in the midstH8432 thereof.3For there they that carried us away captiveH7617 required of us a songH7892; and they that made us wail [required] mirth, [saying,] SingH7891 us [one] of the songsH7892 of ZionH6726.4HowH349 should we singH7891 a songH7892 of Jehovah's upon a foreign soil?5If I forgetH7911 thee, JerusalemH3389, let my rightH3225 handH3225 forgetH7911 [its skill];6If I do not rememberH2142 thee, let my tongueH3956 cleave to my palateH2441: if I prefer not JerusalemH3389 above my chiefH7218 joyH8057.7RememberH2142, O Jehovah, against the sonsH1121 of EdomH123, the dayH3117 of JerusalemH3389; who saidH559, Lay [it] bareH6168, Lay [it] bareH6168, down to its foundationH3247!

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