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By the rivers of Babylon

(Ezekiel 1:1-3)
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By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.
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There on the willows (a) we hung our harps,
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for there our captors requested a song; our tormentors demanded songs of joy: “Sing us a song of Zion.”
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How can we sing a song of the LORD in a foreign land?
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If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand cease to function.
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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!
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Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “tear it down to its foundations!”
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O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us.
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Blessed is he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.

Footnotes

(a)137:2 Or poplars

By the rivers of Babylon

(Ezekiel 1:1-3)
1
By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down. Yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
2
On the willows in that land, we hung up our harps.
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For there, those who led us captive asked us for songs. Those who tormented us demanded songs of joy: “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”
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How can we sing the LORD’s song in a foreign land?
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If I forget you, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill.
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Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I don’t remember you, if I don’t prefer Jerusalem above my chief joy.
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Remember, LORD, against the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem, who said, “Raze it! Raze it even to its foundation!”
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Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, he will be happy who repays you, as you have done to us.
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Happy shall he be, who takes and dashes your little ones against the rock.
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