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gptkb:Hebrew_Bible
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The exiles in Babylon
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gptkb:Book_of_Psalms
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Communal lament
Imprecatory psalm
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O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
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.
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gptkb:Hebrew_Bible
gptkb:Old_Testament
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gptkb:literature
gptkb:Rivers_of_Babylon_(song)
Classical music compositions
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gptkb:Hebrew
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gptkb:Judaism
gptkb:Christian_liturgy
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Expression of grief over Jerusalem's destruction
Imprecation against Babylon
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137
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By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
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gptkb:Revelation_18:6
Popular culture
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9 verses
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gptkbp:theme
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gptkb:Exile
gptkb:Babylonian_captivity
Longing for Jerusalem
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gptkb:Psalms_106:27–138:6
gptkb:Rivers_of_Babylon
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7
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Psalm 137
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