Psalm 136 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

¹ The sun to rule over the day: for his mercy endureth for ever.

² The moon and the stars to rule the night: for his mercy endureth for ever.

³ 0 Who smote Egypt with their firstborn: for his mercy endureth for ever.

⁴ 1 Who brought Israel from among them: for his mercy endureth for ever.

⁵ 2 With a mighty hand and a stretched out arm: for his mercy endureth for ever.

⁶ 3 Who divided the Red Sea into parts: for his mercy endureth for ever.

⁷ 4 And brought out Israel through the midst thereof: for his mercy endureth for ever.

⁸ 5 And overthrew Pharao and his host in the Red Sea: for his mercy endureth for ever.

⁹ 6 Who led his people through the desert: for his mercy endureth for ever.

¹⁰ 7 Who smote great kings: for his mercy endureth for ever.

¹¹ 8 And slew strong kings: for his mercy endureth for ever.

¹² 9 Sehon king of the Amorrhites: for his mercy endureth for ever.

¹³ 0 And Og king of Basan: for his mercy endureth for ever.

¹⁴ 1 And he gave their land for an inheritance: for his mercy endureth for ever.

¹⁵ 2 For an inheritance to his servant Israel: for his mercy endureth for ever.

¹⁶ 3 For he was mindful of us in our affliction: for his mercy endureth for ever.

¹⁷ 4 And he redeemed us from our enemies: for his mercy endureth for ever.

¹⁸ 5 Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever.

¹⁹ 6 Give glory to the God of heaven: for his mercy endureth for ever. Give glory to the Lord of lords: for his mercy endureth for ever.

²⁰ Upon the rivers of Babylon, there we sat and wept: when we remembered Sion:

²¹ On the willows in the midst thereof we hung up our instruments.

²² 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.

²³ How shall we sing the song of the Lord in a strange land?

²⁴ If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand be forgotten.

²⁵ Let my tongue cleave to my jaws, if I do not remember thee: If I make not Jerusalem the beginning of my joy.

²⁶ Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom, in the day of Jerusalem: Who say: Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.