Psalms 137
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By the waters of Babilon we sat downe and wepte, when we remebred Sion.
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As for oure harpes, we hanged them vp vpon the trees, that are therin.
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The, they that led vs awaye captyue, requyred of vs a songe and melody in or heuynes: synge vs one of the songes of Sion.
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How shal we synge the LORDES songe in a strauge lode?
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Yf I forget the (o Ierusalem) let my right hande be forgotten.
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Yf I do not remembre the, let my tonge cleue to the rofe of my mouth: yee yf I preferre not Ierusalem in my myrth.
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Remembre the childre of Edom (o LORDE) in the daye of Ierusalem, how they sayde: downe with it, downe with it, eue to the grounde.
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O doughter Babilo, thou shalt come to misery thy self: yee happie shal he be, that rewardeth ye as thou hast serued vs.
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Blessed shal he be, that taketh thy children, and throweth them agaynst the stones
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