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Psalms 137	Psalms 137
Psalms 137:1 By the rivers of Babylon we were seated, weeping at the memory of Zion,	Psalms 137:1 By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down, yea, we wept, When we remembered Zion.
Psalms 137:2 Hanging our instruments of music on the trees by the waterside.	Psalms 137:2 Upon the willows in the midst thereof We hanged up our harps.
Psalms 137:3 For there those who had taken us prisoners made request for a song; and those who had taken away all we had gave us orders to be glad, saying, Give us one of the songs of Zion.	Psalms 137:3 For there they that led us captive required of us songs, And they that wasted us [required of us] mirth, [saying], Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
Psalms 137:4 How may we give the Lord's song in a strange land?	Psalms 137:4 How shall we sing Jehovah's song In a foreign land?
Psalms 137:5 If I keep not your memory, O Jerusalem, let not my right hand keep the memory of its art.	Psalms 137:5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, Let my right hand forget [her skill].
Psalms 137:6 If I let you go out of my thoughts, and if I do not put Jerusalem before my greatest joy, let my tongue be fixed to the roof of my mouth.	Psalms 137:6 Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, If I remember thee not; If I prefer not Jerusalem Above my chief joy.
Psalms 137:7 O Lord, keep in mind against the children of Edom the day of Jerusalem; how they said, Let it be uncovered, uncovered even to its base.	Psalms 137:7 Remember, O Jehovah, against the children of Edom The day of Jerusalem; Who said, Rase it, rase it, Even to the foundation thereof.
Psalms 137:8 O daughter of Babylon, whose fate is destruction; happy is the man who does to you what you have done to us.	Psalms 137:8 O daughter of Babylon, that art to be destroyed, Happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee As thou hast served us.
Psalms 137:9 Happy is the man who takes your little ones, crushing them against the rocks.	Psalms 137:9 Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones Against the rock. Psalm 138 A [Psalm] of David.