A moment in scripture
Psalms 137:7
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Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.
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The surrounding passage
- Psalms 137:5
If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.
- Psalms 137:6
If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
- Psalms 137:8
O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
- Psalms 137:9
Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.