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[For David, a Psalm of Jeremias.]
[1]By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat; and wept when we remembered Sion.
[2]We hung our harps on the willows in the midst of it.
[3]For 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.
[4]How should we sing the Lord's song in a strange land?
[5]If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill.
[6]May my tongue cleave to my throat, if I do not remember thee; if I do not prefer Jerusalem as the chief of my joy.
[7]Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to its foundations.
[8]Wretched daughter of Babylon! blessed shall he be who shall reward thee as thou hast rewarded us.
[9]Blessed shall he be who shall seize and dash thine infants against the rock.
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