By the Rivers of Babylon - Psalm 137

Psalm 137:1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when  we remembered Zion.

Psalm 137:2 We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.  

Psalm 137:3 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.  

Psalm 137:4 How shall we sing the LORD’S song in a strange land?  

Psalm 137:5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her  cunning.  

Psalm 137:6 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.   

Psalm 137:7 Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem;  who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.  

Psalm 137:8 O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he  be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.  

Psalm 137:9 Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones  against the stones.  KJV

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