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Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth
if I don’t remember you,
if I don’t consider Jerusalem my highest joy.

O Lord, remember the people of Edom.
Remember what they did the day Jerusalem ⌞was captured⌟.
They said, “Tear it down! Tear it down to its foundation.”
You destructive people of Babylon,
blessed is the one who pays you back
with the same treatment you gave us.

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May my tongue cling to the roof(A) of my mouth
    if I do not remember(B) you,
if I do not consider Jerusalem(C)
    my highest joy.

Remember, Lord, what the Edomites(D) did
    on the day Jerusalem fell.(E)
“Tear it down,” they cried,
    “tear it down to its foundations!”(F)
Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction,(G)
    happy is the one who repays you
    according to what you have done to us.

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