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NEW KING JAMES VERSION
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By the rivers of
Babylon,
There we sat down, yea, we wept
When we remembered Zion.
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We hung our harps
Upon the willows in the midst of it.
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For there those who
carried us away captive asked of us a song,
And those who plundered us requested mirth,
Saying, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”
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How shall we sing
the LORD’s song
In a foreign land?
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If I forget you, O
Jerusalem,
Let my right hand forget its skill!
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If I do not remember
you,
Let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth —
If I do not exalt Jerusalem
Above my chief joy.
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Remember, O LORD,
against the sons of Edom
The day of Jerusalem,
Who said, “Raze it, raze it,
To its very foundation!”
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O daughter of
Babylon, who are to be destroyed,
Happy the one who repays you as you have served us!
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Happy the one who
takes and dashes
Your little ones against the rock!
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