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By the rivers of Babylon we sit down and weep when we remember Zion. |
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On the poplars in her midst we hang our harps, |
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for 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!" |
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How can we sing a song to the LORD in a foreign land? |
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If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand be crippled! |
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May 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. |
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Remember, O LORD, what the Edomites did on the day Jerusalem fell. They said, "Tear it down, tear it down, right to its very foundation!" |
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O daughter Babylon, soon to be devastated! How blessed will be the one who repays you for what you dished out to us! |
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How blessed will be the one who grabs your babies and smashes them on a rock! |
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