If I do not remember you,
Let my (A)tongue cling to the roof of my mouth—
If I do not exalt Jerusalem
Above my chief joy.

Remember, O Lord, against (B)the sons of Edom
The day of Jerusalem,
Who said, [a]“Raze it, raze it,
To its very foundation!”

O daughter of Babylon, (C)who are to be destroyed,
Happy the one (D)who repays you as you have served us!

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 137:7 Lit. Make bare

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.

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)
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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