Psalms 137
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Psalms 137:1-7

1By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.

2We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.

3For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.12

4How shall we sing Yhwh's song in a strange land?3

5If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.

6If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.4

7Remember, O Yhwh, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.5

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Notes

  1. 1. Psalms 137:3 a song: Heb. the words of a song. ↩
  2. 2. Psalms 137:3 wasted…: Heb. laid us on heaps. ↩
  3. 3. Psalms 137:4 strange…: Heb. land of a stranger? ↩
  4. 4. Psalms 137:6 my chief…: Heb. the head of my joy. ↩
  5. 5. Psalms 137:7 Rase it: Heb. Make bare. ↩

Commentaries on Psalms 137

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