Psalms 136

1Upon the rivers of Babylon, there we sat and wept: when we remembered Sion:

1Give ye thanks unto Jehovah, for he is good; for his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever:

2On the willows in the midst thereof we hung up our instruments.

2 Give thanks unto theGod ofgods, for his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever;

3For there they that led us into captivity required of us the words of songs. And they that carried us away, said: Sing ye to us a hymn of the songs of Sion.

3 Give thanks unto the Lord of lords, for his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever.

4How shall we sing the song of the Lord in a strange land?

4 To him who alone doeth great wonders, for his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever:

5If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand be forgotten.

5 To him that by understanding made the heavens, for his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever;

6Let my tongue cleave to my jaws, if I do not remember thee: If I make not Jerusalem the beginning of my joy.

6 To him that stretched out the earth above the waters, for his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever;

7Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom, in the day of Jerusalem: Who say: Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.

7 To him that made great lights, for his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever;

8O daughter of Babylon, miserable: blessed shall he be who shall repay thee thy payment which thou hast paid us.

8 The sun for rule over the day, for his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever,

9Blessed be he that shall take and dash thy little ones against the rock.

9 The moon and stars for rule over the night, for his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever:

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10 To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn, for his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever,

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11 And brought out Israel from among them, for his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever,

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12 With a powerful hand and with a stretched-out arm, for his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever;

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13 To him that divided the Red sea into parts, for his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever,

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14 And made Israel to pass through the midst of it, for his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever,

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15 And overturned Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea, for his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever;

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16 To him that led his people through the wilderness, for his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever;

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17 To him that smote great kings, for his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever,

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18 And slew famous kings, for his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever;

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19 Sihon king of the Amorites, for his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever,

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20 And Og king of Bashan, for his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever;

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21 And gave their land for an inheritance, for his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever,

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22 An inheritance unto Israel his servant, for his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever:

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23 Who hath remembered us in our low estate, for his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever;

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24 And hath delivered us from our oppressors, for his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever:

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25 Who giveth food to all flesh, for his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever.

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26 Give ye thanks unto theGod of the heavens; for his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever.