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Beside the rivers of Babylon, we sat and wept as we thought of Jerusalem. |
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We put away our harps, hanging them on the branches of poplar trees. |
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For our captors demanded a song from us. Our tormentors insisted on a joyful hymn: "Sing us one of those songs of Jerusalem!" |
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But how can we sing the songs of the LORD while in a pagan land? |
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If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget how to play the harp. |
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May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I fail to remember you, if I don't make Jerusalem my greatest joy. |
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O LORD, remember what the Edomites did on the day the armies of Babylon captured Jerusalem. "Destroy it!" they yelled. "Level it to the ground!" |
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O Babylon, you will be destroyed. Happy is the one who pays you back for what you have done to us. |
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Happy is the one who takes your babies and smashes them against the rocks! A psalm of David. |
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