New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures — With References (Rbi8, en_US, 1984)
Psalm
Psalms, 137
1 By the rivers*1 of Babylon*2—there we sat down. We also wept when we remembered Zion.
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2 Upon the poplar trees in the midst of her*1 We hung our harps.
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3 For there those holding us captive asked us for the words of a song, And those mocking*1 us—for rejoicing: “SING for us one of the songs of Zion.”
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4 How can we sing the song of Jehovah Upon foreign ground?*1
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5 If I should forget you, O Jerusalem, Let my right hand be forgetful.
6 Let my tongue stick to my palate, If I were not to remember you, If I were not to make Jerusalem ascend Above my chief cause for rejoicing.
7 Remember, O Jehovah, regarding the sons of Eʹdom the day of Jerusalem, Who were saying: “Lay [it] bare! Lay [it] bare to the foundation within it!”
8 O daughter of Babylon, who are to be despoiled, Happy will he be that rewards you With your own treatment with which you treated us.
9 Happy will he be that grabs ahold and does dash to pieces Your children against the crag.