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Psalm 137 is the 137th psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version: "By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down". The Book of Psalms is part of the third section of the Hebrew Bible , and a book of the Christian Old Testament .
Download as PDF; Printable version; Appearance. move to sidebar hide. Psalm 136 Psalm 138 > Psalm 137. A yearning for Jerusalem is expressed as well as hatred for the ...
Psalm 136 there is Psalm 137 in the King James Bible. Van Nuffel set the psalm in 1916 for a mixed choir of four to six parts and organ (or orchestra). [1] [2] It has been called the starting point of his psalm settings. [1] The psalm was published by the Schwann Verlag (now part of Edition Peters), which published also other works of the ...
[1] [2] [3] The hymn is a closely paraphrased versification of Psalm 137, "By the rivers of Babylon", a lamentation for Jerusalem, exiled in Babylon. [1] [4] Its text and melody, Zahn No. 7663, first appeared in Strasbourg in 1525 in Wolf Köpphel's Das dritt theil Straßburger kirchenampt.
On the three Sundays before the beginning of Great Lent, Psalm 136 (KJV: Psalm 137), "By the waters of Babylon", is added to the Polyeleos. This psalm recounts the sorrow of the Jews during the Babylonian captivity , and their yearning for Jerusalem ; and is prescribed by the Church at this time to bring forth in the faithful sorrow over their ...
The oldest song of Zion in Jewish literature was written around the fifth century BCE, and is a lamentation that the enemy compels Israel to live on foreign soil; this is the celebrated Psalm 137:1-3. A similar Zionide of the same period is Psalm 86; in it the poet, full of hope, sings of the day when the Captivity shall be over and the ...
The Shulchan Aruch 1:3 states, "It is fitting for every God-fearing person to feel grief and concern over the destruction of the Temple". [2] The Mishnah Berurah comments, "The Kabbalists have discussed at great lengths the importance of rising at midnight [to say the Tikkun Chatzot, learn Torah, and to talk to God] and how great this is". [3]
The psalm setting is suitable for Anglican Evensong, and for programs around the topic of exile. [8] It was recorded in 1999 as part of English Choral and Organ Music , sung by Donald Hunt Singers conducted by Donald Hunt , along with works by Sumsion, Herbert Howells , Gerald Finzi and Edward Elgar . [ 3 ]