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136:1 David Hieremiae super flumina Babylonis illic sedimus et flevimus cum recordaremur Sion	136:1. Upon the rivers of Babylon, there we sat and wept: when we remembered Sion:
136:2 in salicibus in medio eius suspendimus organa nostra	136:2. On the willows in the midst thereof we hung up our instruments.
136:3 quia illic interrogaverunt nos qui captivos duxerunt nos verba cantionum et qui abduxerunt nos hymnum cantate nobis de canticis Sion	136:3. For there they that led us into captivity required of us the words of songs. And they that carried us away, said: Sing ye to us a hymn of the songs of Sion.
136:4 quomodo cantabimus canticum Domini in terra aliena	136:4. How shall we sing the song of the Lord in a strange land?
136:5 si oblitus fuero tui Hierusalem oblivioni detur dextera mea	136:5. If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand be forgotten.
136:6 adhereat lingua mea faucibus meis si non meminero tui si non praeposuero Hierusalem in principio laetitiae meae	136:6. Let my tongue cleave to my jaws, if I do not remember thee: If I make not Jerusalem the beginning of my joy.
136:7 memor esto Domine filiorum Edom diem Hierusalem qui dicunt exinanite exinanite usque ad fundamentum in ea	136:7. Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom, in the day of Jerusalem: Who say: Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.
136:8 filia Babylonis misera beatus qui retribuet tibi retributionem tuam quam retribuisti nobis	136:8. O daughter of Babylon, miserable: blessed shall he be who shall repay thee thy payment which thou hast paid us.
136:9 beatus qui tenebit et adlidet parvulos tuos ad petram	136:9. Blessed be he that shall take and dash thy little ones against the rock.

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