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Psalms 136

Brenton Septuagint · 9 verses · 6 questions below

For David, [a Psalm] of . By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat; and wept when we remembered .

We hung our harps on the willows in the midst of it.

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.

How should we sing the Lord's song in a strange land?

If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget [its skill].

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.

Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase [it], rase [it], even to its foundations.

Wretched daughter of Babylon! blessed [shall he be] who shall reward thee as thou hast rewarded us.

Blessed [shall he be] who shall seize and dash thine infants against the rock.

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