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Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
18-Dec-13 - 07:49 PM
Thread Name: Origins: By the Waters (Floods, Rivers) of Babylon
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: By the Waters (Floods, Rivers)of Babylon
Lyr. Add: WATERS OF BABYLON
George Garrett, 1834-1897
1. By the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept: when we
remembered thee, O Sion.
2. As for our harps, we hanged them up: upon the trees that are therein.
3. For they that led us away captive required of us then a song, and
melody, in our heaviness: sing us one of the songs of Sion.
4. How shall we sing the Lord's song: in a strange land?
5. If I forget thee, O Jerusalem,: let my right hand forget her cunning.
6. If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleve to the roof of my
mouth: yea, if I prefer not Jerusalem in my mirth.
7. Remember the children of Edom, O Lord, in the day of Jerusalem: how they said, Down with it, down with it, even to the ground.
8. O daughter of Babylon, wasted with misery: yea, happy shall be he that rewardeth thee, as thou has served us.
9. Blessed shall be he that taketh thy children; and throweth them
against the stones.
Psalm Translations: By the Waters of Babylon.
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