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Psalms 137

137
Sorrow and Hope in Exile
I
1By the rivers of Babylon
there we sat weeping
when we remembered Zion.#Ez 3:15; Lam 3:48.
2On the poplars in its midst
we hung up our harps.#Is 24:8; Lam 5:14.
3For there our captors asked us
for the words of a song;
Our tormentors, for joy:
“Sing for us a song of Zion!”
4But how could we sing a song of the Lord
in a foreign land?
II
5If I forget you, Jerusalem,
may my right hand forget.#Jer 51:50.
6May my tongue stick to my palate
if I do not remember you,
If I do not exalt Jerusalem
beyond all my delights.
III
7Remember, Lord, against Edom
that day at Jerusalem.
They said: “Level it, level it
down to its foundations!”#Jer 49:7; Lam 4:21–22; Ez 25:12–14.
8Desolate Daughter Babylon, you shall be destroyed,
blessed the one who pays you back
what you have done us!#Is 47:1–3; Jer 50–51.
9#Blessed the one who seizes your children and smashes them against the rock: the children represent the future generations, and so must be destroyed if the enemy is truly to be eradicated.Blessed the one who seizes your children
and smashes them against the rock.#Hos 14:1.

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