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1 *For David, a Psalm of Jeremias.
By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat; and wept when we remembered Sion. 2 We hung our †harps on the willows in the midst of it. 3 For there they that had taken us captive asked of us the words of a song; and they that had carried us away asked a hymn, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Sion.
4 How should we sing the Lord's song ‡in a strange land? 5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill. 6 May my tongue cleave to my throat, if I do not remember thee; if I do not prefer Jerusalem as the chief of my joy.
7 Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, §rase it, even to its foundations. 8 Wretched daughter of Babylon! blessed shall he be who shall reward thee as thou hast rewarded us. 9 Blessed shall he be who shall seize and dash thine infants against the rock.
* 136:1 Alex. omits. † 136:2 Gr. organs, or, instruments. ‡ 136:4 Gr. on. § 136:7 Gr. empty, empty.