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Psalm 137:6-8
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6     I would rather my tongue could no longer move![a]
Yes, I will always remember you, Jerusalem.
You are the most important thing that I think about,
    more than anything else that makes me happy.

7 Lord, remember to punish the people of Edom.[b]
They were happy when Babylon's army won against Jerusalem.
On that day the Edomites said,
    ‘Knock down the city so that nothing still stands!’
8 People of Babylon, an army will soon destroy you!
They will punish you in the same way that you punished us.
    May God bless whoever does that to you!

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Footnotes

  1. 137:6 The right hand played the harp, and the tongue sang the words.
  2. 137:7 Edom was an enemy of Judah. When the Babylon army destroyed Jerusalem, the Edomites were very happy.
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Psalm 137:6-8
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6 May my tongue cling to the roof(A) of my mouth
    if I do not remember(B) you,
if I do not consider Jerusalem(C)
    my highest joy.

7 Remember, Lord, what the Edomites(D) did
    on the day Jerusalem fell.(E)
“Tear it down,” they cried,
    “tear it down to its foundations!”(F)
8 Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction,(G)
    happy is the one who repays you
    according to what you have done to us.

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