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By Babylon's rivers the captives refuse to sing Zion songs for mockers, vow not to forget Jerusalem, remember Edom's hostility, and end with a shocking curse against Babylon's infants.
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Psalms 137
By Babylon's rivers the captives refuse to sing Zion songs for mockers, vow not to forget Jerusalem, remember Edom's hostility, and end with a shocking curse against Babylon's infants.
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1By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea,…2We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst…3For there they that carried us away captive required of…4How shall we sing the LORD's song in a strange…5If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand…6If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave…7Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day…8O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy…9Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little…