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Psalm 137 :: New English Translation (NET)

Psa 137:1

Psa 137:1By the rivers of Babylon we sit down and weep when we remember Zion.

Psa 137:2

Psa 137:2On the poplars in her midst we hang our harps,

Psa 137:3

Psa 137:3for there our captors ask us to compose songs; those who mock us demand that we be happy, saying: "Sing for us a song about Zion!"

Psa 137:4

Psa 137:4How can we sing a song to the LORD in a foreign land?

Psa 137:5

Psa 137:5If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand be crippled!

Psa 137:6

Psa 137:6May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you, and do not give Jerusalem priority over whatever gives me the most joy.

Psa 137:7

Psa 137:7Remember, O LORD, what the Edomites did on the day Jerusalem fell. They said, "Tear it down, tear it down, right to its very foundation!"

Psa 137:8

Psa 137:8O daughter Babylon, soon to be devastated! How blessed will be the one who repays you for what you dished out to us!

Psa 137:9

Psa 137:9How blessed will be the one who grabs your babies and smashes them on a rock!
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