Psalm 137137PsalmsBook 5Webster Bible

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1. By the Rivers of Babylon

   (Ezekiel 1:1–3)

2. 1WBSBy the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion.BSBBSB: By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.
3. 2WBSWe hung our harps upon the willows in the midst of it.BSBBSB: There on the willows we hung our harps,
4. 3WBSFor 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.BSBBSB: for there our captors requested a song; our tormentors demanded songs of joy: “Sing us a song of Zion.”
5. 4WBSHow shall we sing the LORD'S song in a foreign land?BSBBSB: How can we sing a song of the LORD in a foreign land?
6. 5WBSIf I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her skill.BSBBSB: If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand cease to function.
7. 6WBSIf I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.BSBBSB: May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy!
8. 7WBSRemember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Raze it, raze it, even to its foundation.BSBBSB: Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “tear it down to its foundations!”
9. 8WBSO daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.BSBBSB: O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us.
10. 9WBSHappy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.BSBBSB: Blessed is he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.

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