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[1] By the rivers of Babylon we sat, and there we wept, when we remembered Zion.
[2] We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
[3] Then they that led us captives, required of us songs and mirth, when we had hanged up our harps, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
[4] How shall we sing, said we, a song of the Lord in a strange land?
[5] If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget to play.
[6] If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth: yea, if I prefer not Jerusalem to my chief joy.
[7] Remember the children of Edom, O Lord, in the day of Jerusalem, which said, Rase it, rase it to the foundation thereof.
[8] O daughter of Babylon, worthy to be destroyed, blessed shall he be that rewardeth thee, as thou hast served us.
[9] Blessed shall he be that taketh and dasheth thy children against the stones.
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