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Psalm 137

Lament over the Destruction of Jerusalem

¹ By the rivers of Babylon—
   there we sat down and there we wept
   when we remembered Zion.
² On the willows^* there
   we hung up our harps.
³ For there our captors
   asked us for songs,
and our tormentors asked for mirth, saying,
   ‘Sing us one of the songs of Zion!’

⁴ How could we sing the Lord’s song
   in a foreign land?
⁵ If I forget you, O Jerusalem,
   let my right hand wither!
⁸ O daughter Babylon, you devastator!^*
   Happy shall they be who pay you back
   what you have done to us!

Psalm 13

Prayer for Deliverance from Enemies

To the leader. A Psalm of David.
¹ How long, O Lord? Will you forget me for ever?
   How long will you hide your face from me?
² How long must I bear pain^* in my soul,
   and have sorrow in my heart all day long?
How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?

³ Consider and answer me, O Lord my God!
   Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep the sleep of death,
⁴ and my enemy will say, ‘I have prevailed’;
   my foes will rejoice because I am shaken.

⁵ But I trusted in your steadfast love;
   my heart shall rejoice in your salvation.
⁶ I will sing to the Lord,
   because he has dealt bountifully with me.