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1 For David, a Psalm of Jeremiah.
By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat;
And wept when we remembered Zion.
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 Zion.
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, Raze it, raze 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.