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137:7-9 May the Lord Repay Those Who Destroyed Jerusalem. The recollection of these hurtful taunts leads to a prayer that God will remember (see note on 25:6-7) the deeds of his people's enemies; he selects the Edomites (a conventional representative of all those who hate God's people, as in Obadiah) as well as the daughter of Babylon (the personified city). The Edomites took great delight in destroying Jerusalem utterly (cf. Obad. 11-14), while the Babylonians had carried out excessive violence against the helpless in Jerusalem. (On Ps. 137:9, see note on Psalm 137.)