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# Psalms 137

[1](#verse-1) By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down. Yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion.

[2](#verse-2) On the willows in that land, we hung up our harps.

[3](#verse-3) For there, those who led us captive asked us for songs. Those who tormented us demanded songs of joy: “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”

[4](#verse-4) How can we sing the LORD’s song in a foreign land?

[5](#verse-5) If I forget you, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill.

[6](#verse-6) Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I don’t remember you, if I don’t prefer Jerusalem above my chief joy.

[7](#verse-7) Remember, LORD, against the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem, who said, “Raze it! Raze it even to its foundation!”

[8](#verse-8) Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, he will be happy who repays you, as you have done to us.

[9](#verse-9) Happy shall he be, who takes and dashes your little ones against the rock.

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