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Monday, January 6th, 2025
The Epiphany
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Good News Translation

Psalms 137

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A Lament of Israelites in Exile

1 By the rivers of Babylon we sat down;
    there we wept when we remembered Zion.
2 On the willows near by
    we hung up our harps.
3 Those who captured us told us to sing;
    they told us to entertain them:
    "Sing us a song about Zion."

4 How can we sing a song to the Lord
    in a foreign land?
5 May I never be able to play the harp again
    if I forget you, Jerusalem!
6 May I never be able to sing again
    if I do not remember you,
    if I do not think of you as my greatest joy!

7 Remember, Lord, what the Edomites did
    the day Jerusalem was captured.
Remember how they kept saying,
    "Tear it down to the ground!"

8 (a)Babylon, you will be destroyed.
Happy are those who pay you back
    for what you have done to us—
9     who take your babies
    and smash them against a rock.

 
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