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| An Experience of the Captivity. |
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1 By the rivers of Babylon,
There we sat down, yes, we wept,
When we remembered Zion.
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2 Upon the willows in the midst thereof
We hanged up our harps.
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3 For there they that led us captive required of us songs,
And they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying,
Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
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4 How shall we sing Jehovah’s song
In a foreign land?
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5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem,
Let my right hand forget her skill.
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6 Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth,
If I remember thee not;
If I prefer not Jerusalem
Above my chief joy.
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7 Remember, O Jehovah, against the children of Edom
The day of Jerusalem;
Who said, Rase it, rase it,
Even to the foundation thereof.
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8 O daughter of Babylon, that art to be destroyed,
Happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee
As thou hast served us.
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9 Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones
Against the rock. |
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