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May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth
if I do not remember you,
if I do not exalt Jerusalem above my highest joy.

Zeal for God’s Vengeance

Remember the day of Jerusalem, O Lord,
against the descendants of Edom[a] who said,
“Tear it down, tear it down to its foundations!”
Daughter of Babylon, doomed to be destroyed,
how blessed is the one who repays you
    with the same deeds you did against us.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 137:7 This wording recalls the hostility between Jacob (called Israel) and Esau (called Edom).