1: By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept,
when we remembered Zion. |
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2: We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
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For there they that carried us away captive required of us a
song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one
of the songs of Zion. |
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4: How shall we sing the LORD's song in a strange land?
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5: If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her
cunning. |
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6: If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of
my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy. |
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7: Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of
Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.
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8: O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he
be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. |
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9: Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones
against the stones. |