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Remember, O Yahweh, against the sons of (A)Edom
The day of Jerusalem,
Who said, “Tear it down! Tear it down
(B)To its very foundation.”
O daughter of Babylon, you (C)devastated one,
How blessed will be the one who (D)repays you
With [a]the recompense with which you have recompensed us.
How blessed will be the one who seizes and (E)dashes your infants
Against the cliff.

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  1. Psalm 137:8 Lit your

Remember, Lord, what the Edomites(A) did
    on the day Jerusalem fell.(B)
“Tear it down,” they cried,
    “tear it down to its foundations!”(C)
Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction,(D)
    happy is the one who repays you
    according to what you have done to us.
Happy is the one who seizes your infants
    and dashes them(E) against the rocks.

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