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Psalm 137 :: New International Version (NIV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:1 - By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:2 - There on the poplars we hung our harps,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:3 - for there our captors asked us for songs, our tormentors demanded songs of joy; they said, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:4 - How can we sing the songs of the LORD while in a foreign land?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:5 - If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:6 - May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not consider Jerusalem my highest joy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:7 - Remember, LORD, what the Edomites did on the day Jerusalem fell. “Tear it down,” they cried, “tear it down to its foundations!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:8 - Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction, happy is the one who repays you according to what you have done to us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:9 - Happy is the one who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.
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Psalm Chapter 137 — Additional Translations:

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