Psalms 137
The Israelites, exiled in Babylon, mourn the loss of their homeland, Jerusalem, and refuse to sing joyful songs for their captors. They vow to remember Jerusalem and prioritize it above all else. The psalmist calls for God to remember the Edomites' role in Jerusalem's destruction and to punish Babylon for its cruelty. The psalm concludes with a curse on Babylon, wishing destruction upon it and its people.
By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.For 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.How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a strange land?If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
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