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Themes in Psalm 137
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Themes in Psalm 137

Psalm 137:1

By the rivers of Babylon,
There we sat down and wept,
When we remembered Zion.

Psalm 137:2

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

Psalm 137:3

For there our captors demanded of us songs,
And our tormentors mirth, saying,
“Sing us one of the songs of Zion.”

Psalm 137:4

How can we sing the Lord’s song
In a foreign land?

Psalm 137:5

If I forget you, O Jerusalem,
May my right hand forget her skill.

Psalm 137:6

May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth
If I do not remember you,
If I do not exalt Jerusalem
Above my chief joy.

Psalm 137:7

Remember, O Lord, against the sons of Edom
The day of Jerusalem,
Who said, “Raze it, raze it
To its very foundation.”

Psalm 137:8

O daughter of Babylon, you devastated one,
How blessed will be the one who repays you
With the recompense with which you have repaid us.

Psalm 137:9

How blessed will be the one who seizes and dashes your little ones
Against the rock.
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