14 For her stones are dear to your servants;
    her very dust moves them to pity.

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14 For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.

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Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
    “May those who love(A) you be secure.

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Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.

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For the sake of the house of the Lord our God,
    I will seek your prosperity.(A)

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Because of the house of the Lord our God I will seek thy good.

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May the Lord bless you from Zion;(A)
    may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem(B)
    all the days of your life.

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The Lord shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.

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May you live to see your children’s children—(A)
    peace be on Israel.(B)

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Yea, thou shalt see thy children's children, and peace upon Israel.

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Psalm 137

By the rivers of Babylon(A) we sat and wept(B)
    when we remembered Zion.(C)
There on the poplars(D)
    we hung our harps,(E)
for there our captors(F) asked us for songs,
    our tormentors demanded(G) songs of joy;
    they said, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”(H)

How can we sing the songs of the Lord(I)
    while in a foreign land?
If I forget you,(J) Jerusalem,
    may my right hand forget its skill.
May my tongue cling to the roof(K) of my mouth
    if I do not remember(L) you,
if I do not consider Jerusalem(M)
    my highest joy.

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137 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.

We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.

For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.

How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land?

If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.

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.

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Therefore I said, “Turn away from me;
    let me weep(A) bitterly.
Do not try to console me
    over the destruction of my people.”(B)

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Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.

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