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Psalms 137

Darby Translation (DARBY) - 1890

9 verses - Very literal - Public Domain

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Psalms 137:1

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

Psalms 137:2

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

Psalms 137:3

For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that made us wail [required] mirth, [saying,] Sing us [one] of the songs of Zion.

Psalms 137:4

How should we sing a song of Jehovah's upon a foreign soil?

Psalms 137:5

If I forget thee, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget [its skill];

Psalms 137:6

If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to my palate: if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.

Psalms 137:7

Remember, O Jehovah, against the sons of Edom, the day of Jerusalem; who said, Lay [it] bare, Lay [it] bare, down to its foundation!

Psalms 137:8

Daughter of Babylon, who art to be laid waste, happy he that rendereth unto thee that which thou hast meted out to us.

Psalms 137:9

Happy he that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the rock.

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