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Psalms 137
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1A Psalm for David, of Aggæus and Zacharias. I will give thee thanks, O Lord, with my whole heart; and I will sing psalms to thee before the angels; for thou hast 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 thy holy temple, and give thanks to thy name, on account of thy mercy and thy truth; for thou hast magnified thy holy name above every thing.
2We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
3In whatsoever day I shall call upon thee, hear me speedily; thou shalt abundantly provide me with thy 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 unto thee; for they have heard all the words of thy 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, thou wilt quicken me; thou hast stretched forth thine hands against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy 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, thou shalt recompense [them] on my behalf: thy mercy, O Lord, [endures] for ever: overlook not the works of thine hands.
8O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.