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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 .
A yearning for Jerusalem is expressed as well as hatred for the Holy City's enemies with sometimes violent imagery. People: Lord יהוה YHVH God Places: Babylon - Zion - Jerusalem - Edom
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 ...
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 ...
[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.
Biblical Songs was written between 5 and 26 March 1894, while Dvořák was living in New York City. It has been suggested that he was prompted to write them by news of a death (of his father Frantisek, or of the composers Tchaikovsky or Gounod, or of the conductor Hans von Bülow); but there is no good evidence for that, and the most likely explanation is that he felt out of place in the ...
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 ]
Text based on Psalm 137: Na rekakh Vavilonskikh [No. 2] By the waters of Babylon: Choral concerto: Text based on Psalm 137: Pomilui mia, Gospodi, iako nemoshchen esm' Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am afflicted: Choral concerto: Text from Psalm 6: I. Adagio; II Allegro; III Adagio; IV Allegro vivace etc. Skazhi mi, Gospodi, konchinu moiu