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Psalms 137

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Psalms 137 Bible text

KJV: 1KJV

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

KJV: 2KJV

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

KJV: 3KJV

For 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.

KJV: 4KJV

How shall we sing the LORD’s song in a strange land?

KJV: 5KJV

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

KJV: 6KJV

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

KJV: 7KJV

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

KJV: 8KJV

O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.

KJV: 9KJV

Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.