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Psalms 136
Septuagint (LXX2012) 136 compared with World English Bible 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. Yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
2We hung our harps on the willows in the midst of it.
2On the willows in that land, we hung up our harps.
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, those who led us captive asked us for songs. Those who tormented us demanded songs of joy: “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”
4How should we sing the Lord's song in a strange land?
4How can we sing Yahweh’s song in a foreign land?
5If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget [its skill].
5If I forget you, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill.
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.
6Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I don’t remember you, if I don’t prefer 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, Yahweh, against the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem, who said, “Raze it! Raze it even to its foundation!”
8Wretched daughter of Babylon! blessed [shall he be] who shall reward youas you have rewarded us.
8Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, he will be happy who repays you, as you have done to us.
9Blessed [shall he be] who shall seize and dash your infants against the rock.
9Happy shall he be, who takes and dashes your little ones against the rock.