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Tear it down <p class="indent2">To its very foundation.” <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/137-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>O daughter of Babylon, you devastated one, <p class="indent2">How blessed will be the one who repays you <p class="indent2">With <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>the recompense with which you have recompensed us. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/137-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>How blessed will be the one who seizes and dashes your infants <p class="indent2">Against the cliff.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="fnverse">2</span> Or <i>poplars</i><br><span class="fnverse">5</span> Become lame<br><span class="fnverse">6</span> Lit <i>cause to ascend</i><br><span class="fnverse">8</span> Lit <i>your</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Legacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved. 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