Part 389 (1/2)
135:15. And overthrew Pharao and his host in the Red Sea: for his mercy endureth for ever.
135:16. Who led his people through the desert: for his mercy endureth for ever.
135:17. Who smote great kings: for his mercy endureth for ever.
135:18. And slew strong kings: for his mercy endureth for ever.
135:19. Sehon king of the Amorrhites: for his mercy endureth for ever.
135:20. And Og king of Basan: for his mercy endureth for ever.
135:21. And he gave their land for an inheritance: for his mercy endureth for ever.
135:22. For an inheritance to his servant Israel: for his mercy endureth for ever.
135:23. For he was mindful of us in our affliction: for his mercy endureth for ever.
135:24. And he redeemed us from our enemies: for his mercy endureth for ever.
135:25. Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever.
135:26. Give glory to the G.o.d of heaven: for his mercy endureth for ever.
135:27. Give glory to the Lord of lords: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Psalms Chapter 136
Super flumina.
The lamentation of the people of G.o.d in their captivity in Babylon.
A psalm of David, for Jeremias.
For Jeremias... For the time of Jeremias, and the captivity of Babylon.
136:1. Upon the rivers of Babylon, there we sat and wept: when we remembered Sion:
136:2. On the willows in the midst thereof we hung up our instruments.
136:3. For there they that led us into captivity required of us the words of songs. And they that carried us away, said: Sing ye to us a hymn of the songs of Sion.
136:4. How shall we sing the song of the Lord in a strange land?
136:5. If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand be forgotten.
136:6. Let my tongue cleave to my jaws, if I do not remember thee: If I make not Jerusalem the beginning of my joy.
136:7. Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom, in the day of Jerusalem: Who say: Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.
136:8. O daughter of Babylon, miserable: blessed shall he be who shall repay thee thy payment which thou hast paid us.