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Psalm 137 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

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We Wept When We Remembered Zion

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By the rivers of Babylon,

There we sat and also wept,

When we remembered Zion.

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Upon the [fn]willows in the midst of it

We hung our lyres.

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For there our captors asked us about the words of a song,

And our tormentors asked joyfully, saying,

“Sing for us one of the songs of Zion.”

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How can we sing a song of Yahweh

In a foreign land?

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If I forget you, O Jerusalem,

May my right hand [fn]forget her skill.

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May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth

If I do not remember you,

If I do not [fn]exalt Jerusalem

Above my chief joy.

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Remember, O Yahweh, against the sons of Edom

The day of Jerusalem,

Who said, “Tear it down! Tear it down

To its very foundation.”

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O daughter of Babylon, you devastated one,

How blessed will be the one who repays you

With [fn]the recompense with which you have recompensed us.

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How blessed will be the one who seizes and dashes your infants

Against the cliff.

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Psalm Chapter 137 — Additional Translations:

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