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Psalms 137
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1(138) A Psalm for David, of Aggaeus and Zacharias. I will give you thanks, O Lord, with my whole heart; and I will sing psalms to you before the angels; for you have heard all the words of my mouth.
1By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
2I will worship toward your holy temple, and give thanks to your name, on account of your mercy and your truth; for you have magnified your holy name above every thing.
2We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
3In whatever day I shall call upon you, hear me speedily; you shall abundantly provide me with your power in my soul.
3For 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.
4Let all the kings of the earth, o Lord, give thanks to you; for they have heard all the words of your mouth.
4How shall we sing the Lord’s song in a strange land?
5And let them sing in the ways of the Lord; for great is the glory of the Lord.
5If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.
6For the Lord is high, and [yet] regards the lowly; and he knows high things from afar off.
6If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
7Though I should walk in the midst of affliction, you will quicken me; you have stretched forth your hands against the wrath of my enemies, and your right hand has saved me.
7Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.
8O Lord, you shall recompense [them] on my behalf: your mercy, O Lord, [endures] for ever: overlook not the works of your hands.
8O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.