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137:1  By the rivers of Babylon we sit down and weep when we remember Zion.
137:2  On the poplars in her midst we hang our harps,
137:3  for there our captors ask us to compose songs; those who mock us demand that we be happy, saying: "Sing for us a song about Zion!"
137:4  How can we sing a song to the LORD in a foreign land?
137:5  If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand be crippled!
137:6  May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you, and do not give Jerusalem priority over whatever gives me the most joy.
137:7  Remember, O LORD, what the Edomites did on the day Jerusalem fell. They said, "Tear it down, tear it down, right to its very foundation!"
137:8  O daughter Babylon, soon to be devastated! How blessed will be the one who repays you for what you dished out to us!
137:9  How blessed will be the one who grabs your babies and smashes them on a rock!