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England’s Test captain Ben Stokes with teammate James Anderson (PTI Photo/Vijay Verma) James Anderson has delivered a brutally honest assessment of his experience in The Hundred, admitting he “hated every minute” of playing in the tournament last year, in remarks that are unlikely to please organisers.The veteran seamer, widely regarded as one of the greatest fast bowlers in the history of the…

Sorrows of the exiles in Babylon

1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down; yea, we wept when we remembered Zion.

2 We hung our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.

3 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!”

4 How shall we sing the Lord’s song in a strange land?

5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cleverness.

6 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.

7 Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem’s fall, who said, “Raze it, raze it, even to the foundation thereof!”

8 O daughter of Babylon who art to be destroyed, happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.

9 Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones. — Psalm 137 | 21st Century King James Version (KJV21) The Holy Bible; 21st Century King James Version Copyright © 1994 by Deuel Enterprises, Inc. Cross References: Leviticus 23:40; 2 Kings 8:12; 2 Chronicles 12:46; Nehemiah 1:4; Nehemiah 2:3; Nehemiah 12:46; Job 29:10; Job 30:31; Psalm 74:7; Psalm 80:6; Psalm 83:4; Isaiah 13:1; Isaiah 49:17; Isaiah 65:11; Ezekiel 1:1; Mark 9:18; Revelation 18:6