Psalm 137 - 138
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By the waters of Babylon,
there we sat down and wept,
when we remembered Zion.
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On the willows there
we hung up our lyres.
3
For there our captors
required of us songs,
and our tormentors, mirth, saying,
"Sing us one of the songs of Zion!"
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s How shall we sing the Lord's song
in a foreign land?
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If I forget you, O Jerusalem,
t let my right hand forget its skill!
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Let my u tongue stick to the roof of my mouth,
if I do not remember you,
if I do not set Jerusalem
above my highest joy!
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Remember, O Lord, against the v Edomites
w the day of Jerusalem,
how they said, x "Lay it bare, lay it bare,
down to its foundations!"
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O daughter of Babylon, y doomed to be destroyed,
blessed shall he be who z repays you
with what you have done to us!
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Blessed shall he be who takes your little ones
and a dashes them against the rock!
Psalms 138
Of David.
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b I give you thanks, O Lord, with my whole heart;
before c the gods I sing your praise;
2
I bow down d toward your e holy temple
and give thanks to your name for your steadfast love and your faithfulness,
for you have exalted above all things
your name and your word.
3
On the day I called, you answered me;
my strength of soul you increased.
4
f All the kings of the earth shall give you thanks, O Lord,
for they have heard the words of your mouth,
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and they shall sing of g the ways of the Lord,
for great is the glory of the Lord.
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h For though the Lord is high, he regards the lowly,
but the haughty he knows from afar.
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i Though I walk in the midst of trouble,
you j preserve my life;
you k stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies,
and your l right hand delivers me.
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The Lord will m fulfill his purpose for me;
n your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever.
Do not forsake o the work of your hands.
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Cross References
Nehemiah 2:3
I said to the king, "Let the king live forever! Why should not my face be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' graves, lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?
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Cross References
Psalms 76:5
The stouthearted were stripped of their spoil; they sank into sleep; all the men of war were unable to use their hands.
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Cross References
Job 29:10
The voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.
Ezekiel 3:26
And I will make your tongue cling to the roof of your mouth, so that you shall be mute and unable to reprove them, for they are a rebellious house.
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Cross References
Isaiah 34:5 - 6
For my sword has drunk its fill in the heavens;...
Lamentations 4:21 - 22
Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, you wh...
Ezekiel 35:2
Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir, a...
Amos 1:11 - 12
Thus says the Lord : "For three transgressions ...
Jeremiah 49:7 - 22
Concerning Edom. Thus says the Lord of hosts: "...
Ezekiel 25:12 - 14
Thus says the Lord God : Because Edom acted rev...
Obadiah 1:8 - 14
Will I not on that day, declares the Lord, dest...
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Cross References
Job 18:20
They of the west are appalled at his day, and horror seizes them of the east.
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Cross References
Habakkuk 3:13
You went out for the salvation of your people, for the salvation of your anointed. You crushed the head of the house of the wicked, laying him bare from thigh to neck. Selah
Zephaniah 2:14
Herds shall lie down in her midst, all kinds of beasts; even the owl and the hedgehog shall lodge in her capitals; a voice shall hoot in the window; devastation will be on the threshold; for her cedar work will be laid bare.
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Cross References
Isaiah 21:9
And behold, here come riders, horsemen in pairs...
Isaiah 47:1 - 15
Come down and sit in the dust, O virgin daughte...
Jeremiah 25:12
Then after seventy years are completed, I will ...
Jeremiah 50:1 - 46
The word that the Lord spoke concerning Babylon...
Jeremiah 51:1 - 64
Thus says the Lord : "Behold, I will stir up th...
Isaiah 13:1 - 22
The oracle concerning Babylon which Isaiah the ...
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Cross References
Jeremiah 51:24
I will repay Babylon and all the inhabitants of Chaldea before your very eyes for all the evil that they have done in Zion, declares the Lord.
Jeremiah 51:56
For a destroyer has come upon her, upon Babylon; her warriors are taken; their bows are broken in pieces, for the Lord is a God of recompense; he will surely repay.
Psalms 28:4
Give to them according to their work and according to the evil of their deeds; give to them according to the work of their hands; render them their due reward.
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Cross References
2 Kings 8:12
And Hazael said, "Why does my lord weep?" He answered, "Because I know the evil that you will do to the people of Israel. You will set on fire their fortresses, and you will kill their young men with the sword and dash in pieces their little ones and rip open their pregnant women.
Isaiah 13:16
Their infants will be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses will be plundered and their wives ravished.
Hosea 10:14
Therefore the tumult of war shall arise among your people, and all your fortresses shall be destroyed, as Shalman destroyed Beth-arbel on the day of battle; mothers were dashed in pieces with their children.
Nahum 3:10
Yet she became an exile; she went into captivity; her infants were dashed in pieces at the head of every street; for her honored men lots were cast, and all her great men were bound in chains.
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Cross References
Psalms 111:1
Praise the Lord! I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart, in the company of the upright, in the congregation.
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Psalms 95:3
For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
Psalms 96:5
For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols, but the Lord made the heavens.
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Psalms 28:2
Hear the voice of my pleas for mercy, when I cry to you for help, when I lift up my hands toward your most holy sanctuary.
1 Kings 8:29
That your eyes may be open night and day toward this house, the place of which you have said, 'My name shall be there,' that you may listen to the prayer that your servant offers toward this place.
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Cross References
Psalms 5:7
But I, through the abundance of your steadfast love, will enter your house. I will bow down toward your holy temple in the fear of you.
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Cross References
Psalms 102:15
Nations will fear the name of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth will fear your glory.
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Cross References
Psalms 103:7
He made known his ways to Moses, his acts to the people of Israel.
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Cross References
Psalms 131:1
O Lord, my heart is not lifted up; my eyes are not raised too high; I do not occupy myself with things too great and too marvelous for me.
Proverbs 3:34
Toward the scorners he is scornful, but to the humble he gives favor.
Luke 1:48
For he has looked on the humble estate of his servant. For behold, from now on all generations will call me blessed.
James 4:6
But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, "God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.
Psalms 113:5 - 6
Who is like the Lord our God, who is seated on high.
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Psalms 23:4
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
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Cross References
Psalms 71:20
You who have made me see many troubles and calamities will revive me again; from the depths of the earth you will bring me up again.
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1 Samuel 24:6
He said to his men, "The Lord forbid that I should do this thing to my lord, the Lord 's anointed, to put out my hand against him, seeing he is the Lord 's anointed.
Job 1:12
And the Lord said to Satan, "Behold, all that he has is in your hand. Only against him do not stretch out your hand." So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord.
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Cross References
Psalms 60:5
That your beloved ones may be delivered, give salvation by your right hand and answer us!
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Cross References
Psalms 57:2
I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills his purpose for me.
Philippians 1:6
And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.
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Cross References
Psalms 136:1
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever.
1 Chronicles 16:41
With them were Heman and Jeduthun and the rest of those chosen and expressly named to give thanks to the Lord, for his steadfast love endures forever.
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Cross References
Psalms 100:3
Know that the Lord, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
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