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  137:1 ¶
By°
the rivers°
of
Bävel
בָּבֶל,°
there°
we sat down,°°
yea,°
we wept,°°
when we remembered°°°
Xiyyôn
צִיּוֹן.° |
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137:1 ¶
By the rivers of Bavel, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Tziyyon. |
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137:2
We hanged°°
our harps°
upon°
the willows°
in the midst°
thereof. |
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137:2
We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. |
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137:3
For°
there°
they that carried us away captive°°
required°°
of us a song;°°
and they that wasted°
us [required of us] mirth,°
[saying], Sing°°
us [one] of the songs°°
of
Xiyyôn
צִיּוֹן.° |
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137:3
For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us [required of us] mirth, [saying], Sing us [one] of the songs of Tziyyon. |
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137:4
How°
shall we sing°°°
Yähwè's
יָהוֶה°
song°
in°
a strange°
land?° |
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137:4
How shall we sing Yahweh's song in a strange land? |
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137:5
If°
I forget°°
thee, O
Yærûšälaim
יְרוּשָׁלִַם,°
let my right hand°
forget°°
[her cunning]. |
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137:5
If I forget thee, O Yerushalaim, let my right hand forget [her cunning]. |
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137:6
If°
I do not°
remember°°
thee, let my tongue°
cleave°°
to the roof of my mouth;°
if°
I prefer°°
not°°
Yærûšälaim
יְרוּשָׁלִַם°
above°
my chief°
joy.° |
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137:6
If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Yerushalaim above my chief joy. |
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137:7
Remember,°°
O
Yähwè
יָהוֶה,°
the children°
of
´Éđôm
אֱדוֹם°°
in the day°
of
Yærûšälaim
יְרוּשָׁלִַם;°
who said,°°
Rase°°
[it], rase°°
[it, even] to°
the foundation°
thereof. |
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137:7
Remember, O Yahweh, the children of Edom in the day of Yerushalaim; who said, Rase [it], rase [it, even] to the foundation thereof. |
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137:8
O daughter°
of
Bävel
בָּבֶל,°
who art to be destroyed;°°
happy°
[shall he be], that rewardeth°°°
thee as°°
thou hast served°°°°
us. |
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137:8
O daughter of Bavel, who art to be destroyed; happy [shall he be], that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. |
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137:9
Happy°
[shall he be], that taketh°°°
and dasheth°°°
thy little ones°
against°
the stones.° |
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137:9
Happy [shall he be], that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones. |
