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137:1 By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down and wept, When we remembered Zion. 137:2 Upon the willows in the midst of it We hung our harps. 137:3 For there our captors demanded of us songs, And our tormentors mirth, [saying], "Sing us one of the songs of Zion." 137:4 How can we sing the LORD's song In a foreign land? 137:5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem, May my right hand forget [her skill. 137:6 May my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, If I do not remember you, If I do not exalt Jerusalem Above my chief joy. 137:7 Remember, O LORD], against the sons of Edom The day of Jerusalem, Who said, "Raze it, raze it, To its very foundation." 137:8 O daughter of Babylon, you devastated one, How blessed will be the one who repays you With the recompense with which you have repaid us. 137:9 How blessed will be the one who seizes and dashes your little ones Against the rock.