 | Peter Mazar, Robert Baker, Evelyn Kaehler - Holy Week - 1991 - 248 pages
...the heavenly country, where we are to repose after all our trials. Prosper Gueranger BY the rivers of Babylon — there we sat down and there we wept when we remembered Zion. On the willows there we hung up our harps. For there our captors asked us for songs, and our tormentors... | |
 | Stuart H. Surlin, Walter C. Soderlund - Social Science - 1990 - 510 pages
...with "babylon". The Melodians used Psalm 137 to produce the classic "Rivers of Babylon": By the Rivers of Babylon, There we sat down, And there we wept When we remember Zion, For the wicked Carried us away captivity Required from us a song, But how can we sing... | |
 | Bruce C. Birch - Religion - 1991 - 388 pages
...theological meaning of the exile is best captured by the poignant language of Ps. 137. By the rivers of Babylon — there we sat down and there we wept when we remembered Zion. On the willows there we hung up our harps. For there our captors asked us for songs, and our tormentors... | |
 | Earl F. Palmer - Religion - 1991 - 196 pages
...prayer-songs of the Old Testament. A striking example of these is found in Psalm 137, "By the rivers of Babylon — there we sat down and there we wept when we remembered Zion. . . . For there our captors asked us for songs . . . , 'Sing us one of the songs of Zion!' How could... | |
 | William L. Holladay - Religion - 1995 - 412 pages
...that depicts unforgettably the desolation of the Jewish exiles suddenly far from home: "By the rivei-s of Babylon — there we sat down and there we wept when we remembered Zion. . . . How could we sing Yahweh's song in a foreign land?" (137:1, 4). And their bitter, helpless rage... | |
 | Renita J. Weems - Family & Relationships - 1995 - 182 pages
...church, the young boy swallows the lump in his throat and begins reciting Psalm 137. By the rivers of Babylon — there we sat down and there we wept when we remembered Zion. On the willows there we hung up our harps. For there our captors asked us for songs, and our tormentors... | |
 | Nicholas Wolterstorff - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1995 - 342 pages
...example, one familiar to everyone: Psalm 137. The psalm opens with the moving lament: By the rivers of Babylon there we sat down and there we wept when we remembered Zion. On the willows there we hung up our harps. For there our captors asked us for songs, and our tormentors... | |
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By the rivers of Babylon — there we sat down and there we wept when we remembered Zion. On the willows there we hung up our harps. For there our captors asked us for songs, and our tormentors asked for mirth, saying, "Sing us one of the songs of Zion! 
