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Psalms, Psalm 137

¹ There we sat down and wept, When we remembered Zion.	1 Eze 1:1 Eze 1:3 Neh 1:4
² Upon the^a Or poplarswillows in the midst of it We hung our^b Lit lyresharps.	2 Lev 23:40 Isa 44:4 Job 30:31 Isa 24:8 Eze 26:13
³ By the rivers of Babylon,	3 Psa 80:6 Isa 49:17
³ For there our captors^c Lit askeddemanded of us^d Lit words of songsongs, And our tormentors mirth, saying, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion.”
⁴ How can we sing the LORD’S song In a foreign land?	4 Ch2 29:27 Neh 12:46
⁵ If I forget you, O Jerusalem, May my right hand^e I.e. become lameforget her skill.	5 Isa 65:11
⁶ May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth If I do not remember you, If I do not^f Lit cause to ascendexalt Jerusalem Above my chief joy.	6 Job 29:10 Psa 22:15 Eze 3:26 Neh 2:3
⁷ Remember, O LORD, against the sons of Edom The day of Jerusalem, Who said, “Raze it, raze it To its very foundation.”	7 Psa 83:4-8 Isa 34:5 Isa 34:6 Jer 49:7-22 Ljr 4:21 Eze 25:12-14 Eze 35:2 Amo 1:11 (Oba 10-14)Psa 74:7 Hab 3:13
⁸ O daughter of Babylon, you^g Or devastatordevastated one, How blessed will be the one who repays you With^h Lit your recompensethe recompense with which you have repaid us.	8 Isa 13:1-22 Isa 47:1-15 Jer 25:12 Jer 50:1-46 Jer 51:1-64 Jer 50:15 Jer 51:24 Jer 51:35 Jer 51:36 Jer 51:49 Rev 18:6
⁹ How blessed will be the one who seizes and dashes your little ones Against the rock.	9 Ki2 8:12 Isa 13:16 Hos 13:16 Nah 3:10


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