Psalm 137:5-7

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⁵If I forget you, Jerusalem,
may my right hand forget its skill.^(A)
⁶May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth
if I do not remember you,
if I do not exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy!^(B)

⁷Remember, Lord, what the Edomites said
that day^[a] at Jerusalem:
“Destroy it! Destroy it
down to its foundations!” ^(C)

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Footnotes

137:7 The day Jerusalem fell to the Babylonians in 586 BC

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