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137:1	By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
137:2	We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
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.
137:4	How shall we sing the LORD's song in a strange land?
137:5	If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.
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.
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.
137:8	O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
137:9	Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.


137:1	By the waters of Babilon we sat downe and weapte, when we remembred Syon.
137:2	As for oure harpes, we hanged them vp vpon the trees, that are therin.
137:3	For they that led vs awaye captyue, requyred of vs then a songe & melody in our heuynes: synge vs one of the songes of Sion.
137:4	Howe shall we synge the Lordes songe in a straunge lande.
137:5	If I forget the, O Ierusalem, let my ryght hande forget her connynge.
137:6	If I do not remembre the, let my tong cleue to the rofe of my mouth: yee, yf I preferre not Ierusalem in my myrth.
137:7	Remembre the chyldren of Edom, O Lorde, in the daye of Ierusalem, how they sayde: downe wt it, downe with it: euen to the grounde.
137:8	O daughter of Babylon, wasted with miserye: yee, happye shall he be, that rewardeth the, as thou hast serued vs.
137:9	Blessed shall he be, that taketh thy chyldren, and throweth them agaynst the stones.


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