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The Psalms (Hebrew: Tehillim — "praises") are the hymn book of God's covenant people, spanning roughly 1000 BC (David) to the post-exilic period. David authored at least 73 by the superscriptions, and the NT treats these as authoritative prophecy (Acts 2:25-31; 4:25-26; 13:35).
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- Primary Witness Text: 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. Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof. O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
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The Psalms (Hebrew: Tehillim — "praises") are the hymn book of God's covenant people, spanning roughly 1000 BC (David) to the post-exilic period. David authored at least 73 by the superscriptions, and the NT treats these as authoritative prophecy (Acts 2:25-31; 4:25-26; 13:35).
Psalm 22 stands as the supreme individual lament-to-praise psalm, with its opening cry quoted by Jesus from the cross and its crucifixion details — composed 1000 years before Rome invented crucifixion — as among the most powerful predictive prophecy evidence in Scripture.
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Psalms 137:1
Hebrew
עַל נַהֲרוֹת ׀ בָּבֶל שָׁם יָשַׁבְנוּ גַּם־בָּכִינוּ בְּזָכְרֵנוּ אֶת־צִיּֽוֹן׃'al-naharvot- -vavel-sham-yashavenv-gam-vakhiynv-vezakherenv-'et-tziyvon
KJV: By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
AKJV: By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
ASV: By the rivers of Babylon,
YLT: By rivers of Babylon--There we did sit, Yea, we wept when we remembered Zion.
Exposition: Psalms 137:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 137:2
Hebrew
עַֽל־עֲרָבִים בְּתוֹכָהּ תָּלִינוּ כִּנֹּרוֹתֵֽינוּ׃'al-'araviym-vetvokhah-taliynv-khinorvoteynv
KJV: We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
AKJV: We hanged our harps on the willows in the middle thereof.
ASV: Upon the willows in the midst thereof
YLT: On willows in its midst we hung our harps.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 137:2Generated editorial synthesis
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Psalms 137:2
Psalms 137:2 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Exposition: Psalms 137:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 137:3
Hebrew
כִּי שָׁם שְֽׁאֵלוּנוּ שׁוֹבֵינוּ דִּבְרֵי־שִׁיר וְתוֹלָלֵינוּ שִׂמְחָה שִׁירוּ לָנוּ מִשִּׁיר צִיּֽוֹן׃khiy-sham-she'elvnv-shvoveynv-diverey-shiyr-vetvolaleynv-shimechah-shiyrv-lanv-mishiyr-tziyvon
KJV: 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.
AKJV: 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.
ASV: For there they that led us captive required of us songs,
YLT: For there our captors asked us the words of a song, And our spoilers--joy: `Sing ye to us of a song of Zion.'
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 137:3Generated editorial synthesis
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Psalms 137:3
Psalms 137:3 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: '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.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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- Zion
Exposition: Psalms 137:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 137:4
Hebrew
אֵיךְ נָשִׁיר אֶת־שִׁיר־יְהוָה עַל אַדְמַת נֵכָֽר׃'eykhe-nashiyr-'et-shiyr-yehvah-'al-'ademat-nekhar
KJV: How shall we sing the LORD’S song in a strange land?
AKJV: How shall we sing the LORD’s song in a strange land?
ASV: How shall we sing Jehovah’s song
YLT: How do we sing the song of Jehovah, On the land of a stranger?
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 137:4Generated editorial synthesis
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Psalms 137:4
Psalms 137:4 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'How shall we sing the LORD’S song in a strange land?'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Psalms 137:4
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Exposition: Psalms 137:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'How shall we sing the LORD’S song in a strange land?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 137:5
Hebrew
אִֽם־אֶשְׁכָּחֵךְ יְֽרוּשָׁלִָם תִּשְׁכַּח יְמִינֽ͏ִי׃'im-'eshekhachekhe-yervshaliam-tishekhach-yemiyniy
KJV: If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.
AKJV: If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.
ASV: If I forget thee, O Jerusalem,
YLT: If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, my right hand forgetteth!
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 137:5Generated editorial synthesis
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Psalms 137:5
Psalms 137:5 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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Psalms 137:5
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- Psalms 137:5
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- Jerusalem
Exposition: Psalms 137:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 137:6
Hebrew
תִּדְבַּק־לְשׁוֹנִי ׀ לְחִכִּי אִם־לֹא אֶזְכְּרֵכִי אִם־לֹא אַעֲלֶה אֶת־יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם עַל רֹאשׁ שִׂמְחָתֽ͏ִי׃tidevaq-leshvoniy- -lechikhiy-'im-lo'-'ezekherekhiy-'im-lo'-'a'aleh-'et-yervshalaim-'al-ro'sh-shimechatiy
KJV: 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.
AKJV: If I do not remember you, let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
ASV: Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth,
YLT: My tongue doth cleave to my palate, If I do not remember thee, If I do not exalt Jerusalem above my chief joy.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 137:6Generated editorial synthesis
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Psalms 137:6
Psalms 137:6 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: '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.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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Psalms 137:6
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- Psalms 137:6
Exposition: Psalms 137:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 137:7
Hebrew
זְכֹר יְהוָה ׀ לִבְנֵי אֱדוֹם אֵת יוֹם יְֽרוּשָׁלָ͏ִם הָאֹמְרִים עָרוּ ׀ עָרוּ עַד הַיְסוֹד בָּֽהּ׃zekhor-yehvah- -liveney-'edvom-'et-yvom-yervshalaim-ha'omeriym-'arv- -'arv-'ad-hayesvod-vah
KJV: Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.
AKJV: Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Raze it, raze it, even to the foundation thereof.
ASV: Remember, O Jehovah, against the children of Edom
YLT: Remember, Jehovah, for the sons of Edom, The day of Jerusalem, Those saying, `Rase, rase to its foundation!'
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 137:7Generated editorial synthesis
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Psalms 137:7
Psalms 137:7 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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Psalms 137:7
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- Psalms 137:7
Named authorities or texts detected in the witness
- Remember
- Jerusalem
Exposition: Psalms 137:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 137:8
Hebrew
בַּת־בָּבֶל הַשְּׁדוּדָה אַשְׁרֵי שֶׁיְשַׁלֶּם־לָךְ אֶת־גְּמוּלֵךְ שֶׁגָּמַלְתְּ לָֽנוּ׃vat-vavel-hashedvdah-'asherey-sheyeshalem-lakhe-'et-gemvlekhe-shegamalete-lanv
KJV: O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
AKJV: O daughter of Babylon, who are to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewards you as you have served us.
ASV: O daughter of Babylon, that art to be destroyed,
YLT: O daughter of Babylon, O destroyed one, O the happiness of him who repayeth to thee thy deed, That thou hast done to us.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 137:8Generated editorial synthesis
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Psalms 137:8
Psalms 137:8 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Psalms 137:8
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- Psalms 137:8
Named authorities or texts detected in the witness
- Babylon
Exposition: Psalms 137:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 137:9
Hebrew
אַשְׁרֵי ׀ שֶׁיֹּאחֵז וְנִפֵּץ אֶֽת־עֹלָלַיִךְ אֶל־הַסָּֽלַע׃'asherey- -sheyo'chez-venifetz-'et-'olalayikhe-'el-hasala'
KJV: Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
AKJV: Happy shall he be, that takes and dashes your little ones against the stones.
ASV: Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones
YLT: O the happiness of him who doth seize, And hath dashed thy sucklings on the rock!
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 137:9Generated editorial synthesis
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Psalms 137:9
Psalms 137:9 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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Psalms 137:9
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- Psalms 137:9
Exposition: Psalms 137:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
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- Psalms 137:1
- Psalms 137:2
- Psalms 137:3
- Psalms 137:4
- Psalms 137:5
- Psalms 137:6
- Psalms 137:7
- Psalms 137:8
- Psalms 137:9
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- Babylon
- Zion
- Jerusalem
- Remember
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Ezekiel
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Daniel
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Hosea
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Joel
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Amos
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Obadiah
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Jonah
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Micah
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Nahum
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Habakkuk
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Zephaniah
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Haggai
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Zechariah
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Malachi
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Matthew
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Mark
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Luke
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John
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Acts
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Romans
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1 Corinthians
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2 Corinthians
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Galatians
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Ephesians
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Philippians
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Colossians
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1 Thessalonians
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2 Thessalonians
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1 Timothy
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2 Timothy
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Titus
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Philemon
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Hebrews
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James
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1 Peter
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2 Peter
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1 John
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2 John
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3 John
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Jude
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Revelation
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Psalms 137:1
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Canonical locus
Psalms 137:1
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