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Monday, April 28th, 2025
the Second Week after Easter
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Psalms 137

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1 We sat by the rivers in Babylon
    and cried as we remembered Zion.
2 We hung our harps nearby, there on the willow trees.[a]
3 There in Babylon, those who captured us told us to sing.
    Our enemies told us to entertain them.
    They said, "Sing us one of your songs about Zion."
4 But we cannot sing the Lord's songs
    in a foreign country!
5 Jerusalem, if I ever forget you,
    may I never play a song again.
6 If I fail to remember you,
    may I never sing again.
I will always remember Jerusalem
    as my greatest joy!

7 Lord, be sure to punish the Edomites for what they did
    when Jerusalem was captured.
They shouted, "Destroy its buildings!
    Pull them down to the ground!"
8 Babylon, you will be destroyed!
    Bless the one who pays you back for what you did to us.
9 Bless the one who grabs your babies
    and smashes them against a rock.

 
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