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Psalmes 137

P S A L. CXXXVII.

The constancie of the Iewes in captiuity. 7 The Prophet curseth Edom and Babel.

CXXXVII ¶ By the riuers of Babylon, there wee sate downe, yea we wept: when we remembred Zion. 2 Wee hanged our harpes vpon the willowes, in the midst thereof. 3 [fn][fn]For there they that carried vs away captiue, required of vs a song, and they that wasted vs, required of vs mirth: saying, Sing vs one of the songs of Zion. 4 [fn]How shall we sing the LORDs song: in a strange land? 5 If I forget thee, O Ierusalem: let my right hand forget her cunning. 6 [fn]If I doe not remember thee, let my tongue cleaue to the roofe of my mouth; if I preferre not Ierusalem aboue my chiefe ioy. 7 [fn]Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom, in the day of Ierusalem; who sayd, rase it, rase it: euen to the foundation thereof. 8 [fn][fn][fn]O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed: happy shall he be that rewardeth thee, as thou hast serued vs. 9 [ref][fn]Happy shall he be that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.

137:3 Heb. the words of a song.

137:3 Heb. layd vs on heapes.

137:4 Heb. land of a stranger.

137:6 Heb. the head of my ioy.

137:7 Heb. make bare.

137:8 Obad. 12, 13.

137:8 Heb. wasted.

137:8 Heb. that recompenseth vnto thee thy deed which thou didst to vs.

137:9 Heb. the rocke.

137:9 Isa.13.16