If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth: yea, if I prefer not Jerusalem to my [a]chief joy.

Remember the children of [b]Edom, O Lord, in the [c]day of Jerusalem, which said, Raze it, raze it to the foundation thereof.

O daughter of Babel, worthy to be destroyed, blessed shall he be that rewardeth thee, as thou hast served us.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 137:6 The decay of God’s religion in their country was so grievous, that no joy could make them glad, except it were restored.
  2. Psalm 137:7 According as Ezekiel 25:13 and Jer. 49:7, prophesied: and Obadiah, verse 10, showeth that the Edomites which came of Esau, conspired with the Babylonians against their brethren and kinsfolk.
  3. Psalm 137:7 When thou didst visit Jerusalem.

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