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</li> <li class="tabItem marginal" data-related-content="studyMarginals" aria-label="marginal"> <span class="icon"></span> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="navigationContents"> <div id="studyDiscover" class="studyPane active tabContent"> <div class="section"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui"><strong>Psalms Outline</strong></span></h3><div class="summaryOutline"><ul class="content"><li class='scalableui'><ul class="outline"><li class="L1 chapterNo"><ul><li class="L2"><p>By the rivers of Babylon</p><ul><li class="L3"><p>No songs of Zion sung <span class="altsize">(</span><a class="outlineItem" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/19/137#h=3097:0-3100:0"><span class="altsize">3, 4</span></a><span class="altsize">)</span></p></li><li class="L3"><p>Babylon to be devastated <span class="altsize">(</span><a class="outlineItem" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/19/137#h=3104:0-3105:0"><span class="altsize">8</span></a><span class="altsize">)</span></p></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="19-137-1" data-section-citation="019137001019137001"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Psalm 137:1</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/19/137/2864" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-2865"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Jer 51:13; Eze 3:15; Da 10:4</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-2865" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-2865" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/19/137/2865" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-2866"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Da 9:2, 3</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-2866" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-2866" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p2240" data-pid="2240" class="se"></p> <p id="p2241" data-pid="2241" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204408/1829/0"><em>“All Scripture,”</em> p. 104</a></p> <p id="p2242" data-pid="2242" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204408/1830/0"><em>Worldwide Security,</em> pp. 139-140,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204408/1831/0"> 145</a></p> <p id="p2243" data-pid="2243" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p879" data-pid="879" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270019/877/0">si 104;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270019/877/2"> ws 139,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270019/877/4"> 145</a></p> <p id="p880" data-pid="880" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="19-137-2" data-section-citation="019137002019137002"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Psalm 137:2</span></h3><div class="group footnote"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Footnotes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-931"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p4278" data-pid="4278">Referring to Babylon.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/19/137/2866" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-2867"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Isa 24:8</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-2867" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-2867" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p2243" data-pid="2243" class="se"></p> <p id="p2244" data-pid="2244" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204408/1832/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> p. 653</a></p> <div id="p2245" data-pid="2245"><p data-pid="2245" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204408/1833/0"><em>Awake!,</em></a></p><p data-pid="2245" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204408/1833/0">2/2007, p. 11</a></p> </div><p id="p2246" data-pid="2246" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p880" data-pid="880" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270019/878/0">it-2 653;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270019/878/2"> g 2/07 11</a></p> <p id="p881" data-pid="881" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="19-137-3" data-section-citation="019137003019137003"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Psalm 137:3</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/19/137/2867" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-2868"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 123:4</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-2868" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-2868" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p2246" data-pid="2246" class="se"></p> <p id="p2247" data-pid="2247" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204408/1834/0"><em>Pure Worship,</em> p. 96</a></p> <p id="p2248" data-pid="2248" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204408/1835/0"><em>Worldwide Security,</em> pp. 139-140</a></p> <p id="p2249" data-pid="2249" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p881" data-pid="881" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270019/879/0">rr 96;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270019/879/2"> ws 139-140;</a></p> <p id="p882" data-pid="882" class="sx"></p> <p id="p1428" data-pid="1428" class="sx"><span class="ni">bf 247</span></p> <p id="p1429" data-pid="1429" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="19-137-4" data-section-citation="019137004019137004"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Psalm 137:4</span></h3><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p2249" data-pid="2249" class="se"></p> <p id="p2250" data-pid="2250" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204408/1836/0"><em>Worldwide Security,</em> pp. 139-140</a></p> <p id="p2251" data-pid="2251" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p882" data-pid="882" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270019/880/0">ws 139-140;</a></p> <p id="p883" data-pid="883" class="sx"></p> <p id="p1429" data-pid="1429" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020019/1427/0">w65 52</a></p> <p id="p1430" data-pid="1430" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="19-137-5" data-section-citation="019137005019137005"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Psalm 137:5</span></h3><div class="group footnote"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Footnotes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-932"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p4279" data-pid="4279">Or possibly, “wither.”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/19/137/2868" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-2869"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ne 2:3; Ps 84:2; 102:13, 14; Isa 62:1; Jer 51:50</span></span></div><div class="content"><div 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href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270019/881/0">ws 141-142,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270019/881/2"> 147</a></p> <p id="p884" data-pid="884" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="19-137-6" data-section-citation="019137006019137006"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Psalm 137:6</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/19/137/2869" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-2870"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 122:1</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-2870" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-2870" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p2253" data-pid="2253" class="se"></p> <div id="p2254" data-pid="2254"><p data-pid="2254" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204408/1839/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="2254" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204408/1839/0">10/15/1998, pp. 13-14</a></p> </div><p id="p2255" data-pid="2255" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204408/1840/0"><em>Worldwide Security,</em> pp. 141-142,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204408/1841/0"> 147</a></p> <p id="p2256" data-pid="2256" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p884" data-pid="884" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270019/882/0">w98 10/15 13-14;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270019/882/2"> ws 141-142,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270019/882/4"> 147;</a></p> <p id="p885" data-pid="885" class="sx"></p> <p id="p1430" data-pid="1430" class="sx"><span class="ni">bf 171</span></p> <p id="p1431" data-pid="1431" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="19-137-7" data-section-citation="019137007019137007"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Psalm 137:7</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/19/137/2870" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-2871"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Jer 49:7; La 4:22; Eze 25:12; Ob 10-13</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-2871" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-2871" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p2256" data-pid="2256" class="se"></p> <p id="p2257" data-pid="2257" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204408/1842/0"><em>“All Scripture,”</em> p. 151</a></p> <p id="p2258" data-pid="2258" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204408/1843/0"><em>Worldwide Security,</em> pp. 124,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204408/1844/0"> 147-148</a></p> <p id="p2259" data-pid="2259" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p885" data-pid="885" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270019/883/0">si 151;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270019/883/2"> ws 124,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270019/883/4"> 147-148;</a></p> <p id="p886" data-pid="886" class="sx"></p> <p id="p1431" data-pid="1431" class="sx"><span class="ni">bf 349;</span><span class="ni"> w49 255</span></p> <p id="p1432" data-pid="1432" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="19-137-8" data-section-citation="019137008019137008"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Psalm 137:8</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/19/137/2871" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-2872"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Isa 47:1; Jer 25:12; 50:2</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-2872" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-2872" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/19/137/2872" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-2873"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Jer 50:29; Re 18:6</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-2873" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-2873" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p2259" data-pid="2259" class="se"></p> <p id="p2260" data-pid="2260" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204408/1845/0"><em>Worldwide Security,</em> pp. 148-151</a></p> <p id="p2261" data-pid="2261" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p886" data-pid="886" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270019/884/0">ws 148-151;</a></p> <p id="p887" data-pid="887" class="sx"></p> <p id="p1432" data-pid="1432" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020019/1430/0">w80 5/15 20-21;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020019/1430/3"> w65 55;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020019/1430/4"> w64 756;</a><span class="ni"> bf 171,</span><span class="ni"> 196;</span><span class="ni"> w49 298;</span><span class="ni"> lt-2-30 93</span></p> <p id="p1433" data-pid="1433" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="19-137-9" data-section-citation="019137009019137009"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Psalm 137:9</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/19/137/2873" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-2874"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Isa 13:1, 16</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-2874" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-2874" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div 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remembered Zion.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070123/2865" data-bid="2866-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> <div id="p3096" data-pid="3096"><p data-pid="3096" class="sl"><span id="v19-137-2-1" class="v"> <a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070123/16332" class="vl vx vp">2 </a>Upon the poplar trees in her<a id="footnotesource931" data-fnid="931" class="fn" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070123/930">*</a> midst,</span></p><p data-pid="3096" class="sz"><span id="v19-137-2-2" class="v">We hung our harps.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070123/2866" data-bid="2867-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> </div><div id="p3097" data-pid="3097"><p data-pid="3097" class="sl"><span id="v19-137-3-1" class="v"> <a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070123/16333" class="vl vx vp">3 </a>For there our captors asked us for a song,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070123/2867" data-bid="2868-1" class="b">+</a></span></p><p data-pid="3097" class="sz"><span id="v19-137-3-2" class="v">Those mocking us wanted amusement:</span></p> </div><p id="p3098" data-pid="3098" class="sz"><span id="v19-137-3-3" class="v">“Sing for us one of the songs of Zion.”</span></p> <div id="p3099" data-pid="3099"><p data-pid="3099" class="sl"><span id="v19-137-4-1" class="v"> <a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070123/16334" class="vl vx vp">4 </a>How can we sing the song of Jehovah</span></p><p data-pid="3099" class="sz"><span id="v19-137-4-2" class="v">On foreign soil?</span></p> </div><div id="p3100" data-pid="3100"><p data-pid="3100" class="sl"><span id="v19-137-5-1" class="v"> <a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070123/16335" class="vl vx vp">5 </a>If I should forget you, O Jerusalem,</span></p><p data-pid="3100" class="sz"><span id="v19-137-5-2" class="v">Let my right hand be forgetful.<a id="footnotesource932" data-fnid="932" class="fn pr" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070123/931">*</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070123/2868" data-bid="2869-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> </div><div id="p3101" data-pid="3101"><p data-pid="3101" class="sl"><span id="v19-137-6-1" class="v"> <a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070123/16336" class="vl vx vp">6 </a>Let my tongue stick to my palate</span></p><p data-pid="3101" class="sz"><span id="v19-137-6-2" class="v">If I do not remember you,</span></p><p data-pid="3101" class="sz"><span id="v19-137-6-3" class="v">If I do not place Jerusalem above</span></p><p data-pid="3101" class="sz"><span id="v19-137-6-4" class="v">My greatest reasons for rejoicing.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070123/2869" data-bid="2870-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> </div><div id="p3102" data-pid="3102"><p data-pid="3102" class="sl"><span id="v19-137-7-1" class="v"> <a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070123/16337" class="vl vx vp">7 </a>Remember, O Jehovah,</span></p><p data-pid="3102" class="sz"><span id="v19-137-7-2" class="v">What the Eʹdom·ites said on the day Jerusalem fell:</span></p> </div><p id="p3103" data-pid="3103" class="sz"><span id="v19-137-7-3" class="v">“Tear it down! Tear it down to its foundations!”<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070123/2870" data-bid="2871-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> <div id="p3104" data-pid="3104"><p data-pid="3104" class="sl"><span id="v19-137-8-1" class="v"> <a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070123/16338" class="vl vx vp">8 </a>O daughter of Babylon, who is soon to be devastated,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070123/2871" data-bid="2872-1" class="b">+</a></span></p><p data-pid="3104" class="sz"><span id="v19-137-8-2" class="v">Happy will be the one who rewards you</span></p><p data-pid="3104" class="sz"><span id="v19-137-8-3" class="v">With the treatment you inflicted on us.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070123/2872" data-bid="2873-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> </div><div id="p3105" data-pid="3105"><p data-pid="3105" class="sl"><span id="v19-137-9-1" class="v"> <a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070123/16339" class="vl vx vp">9 </a>Happy will be the one who seizes your children</span></p><p data-pid="3105" class="sz"><span 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