(A)Hear, O our God, how we are an object of contempt! (B)Return their taunting on their own heads, and turn them into plunder in a land of captivity. Do not [a](C)forgive their guilt and do not let their sin be wiped out before You, for they have [b]demoralized the builders.

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  1. Nehemiah 4:5 Lit cover
  2. Nehemiah 4:5 Lit offended against

Hear us, our God, for we are despised.(A) Turn their insults back on their own heads. Give them over as plunder in a land of captivity. Do not cover up their guilt(B) or blot out their sins from your sight,(C) for they have thrown insults in the face of[a] the builders.

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  1. Nehemiah 4:5 Or have aroused your anger before

Remember, Lord, against the sons of (A)Edom
The day of Jerusalem,
Those who said, “Lay it bare, lay it bare
(B)To its foundation!”
Daughter of Babylon, you [a](C)devastated one,
Blessed will be one who (D)repays you
With [b]the retribution with which you have repaid us.

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  1. Psalm 137:8 Or devastator
  2. Psalm 137:8 Lit your requital

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.

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