137 1 The people of God in their banishment seeing God’s true Religion decay, lived in great anguish and sorrow of heart: the which grief the Chaldeans did so little pity, 3 That they rather increased the same daily with taunts, reproaches and blasphemies against God. 7 Wherefore the Israelites desire God, first to punish the Edomites, who provoked the Babylonians against them, 8 And moved by the Spirit of God, prophesy the destruction of Babylon, where they were handled so tyrannously. 

By the rivers of Babel we [a]sat, and there we wept, when we remembered Zion.

We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst [b]thereof.

Then they that led us captive, [c]required of us songs and mirth, when we had hanged up our harps, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 137:1 That is, we abode a long time, and albeit that the country was pleasant, yet could not stay our tears, nor turn us from the true service of our God.
  2. Psalm 137:2 To wit, of that country.
  3. Psalm 137:3 The Babylonians speak thus in mocking us, as though by our silence we should signify that we hoped no more in God.

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