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Psalms 136
Septuagint (LXX2012) 136 compared with King James Version 137
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1(137) For David, [a Psalm] of Jeremias. By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat; and weptwhen we remembered Sion.
1By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
2We hung our harps on the willows in the midst of it.
2We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
3For there they that had taken us captive asked of us the words of a song; and they that had carried us away [asked] a hymn, [saying], Sing us [one] of the songs of Sion.
3For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
4How should we sing the Lord's song in a strange land?
4How shall we sing the Lord’s song in a strange land?
5If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget [its skill].
5If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.
6May my tongue cleave to my throat, if I do not remember you; if I do not prefer Jerusalem as the chief of my joy.
6If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
7Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase [it], rase [it], even to its foundations.
7Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.
8Wretched daughter of Babylon! blessed [shall he be] who shall reward you as you have rewarded us.
8O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
9Blessed [shall he be] who shall seize and dash your infants against the rock.
9Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.