The Book of Psalms 137

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1 By the rivers of Babylon there we sat down yea we wept when we remembered Zion ⚑

2 We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof ⚑

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 ⚑

4 How shall we sing the LORD’s song in a strange land ⚑

5 If I forget thee O Jerusalem let my right hand forget her cunning ⚑

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 ⚑

7 Remember O LORD the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem who said Rase it rase it even to the foundation thereof ⚑

8 O daughter of Babylon who art to be destroyed happy shall he be that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us ⚑

9 Happy shall he be that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones ⚑

King James Version (1769) with Apocrypha · Crosswire Bible Society / eBible.org (standard text of 1769) · Public Domain

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · public domain