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The psalm was the inspiration for Leonard Cohen's "By the Rivers Dark" on his 2001 album Ten New Songs. [71] Psalm 137:5–6 is the basis for the chorus of Matisyahu's single "Jerusalem" (2006). [72] Psalm 137 is the central text of John Tavener's "Lament for Jerusalem – a mystical love song". [73] [74]
One of the Songs of Ascents, Psalm 122 appears in Hebrew on the walls at the entrance to the City of David, Jerusalem.. Song of Ascents is a title given to fifteen of the Psalms, 120–134 (119–133 in the Septuagint and the Vulgate), each starting with the superscription "Shir Hama'aloth" (Hebrew: שיר המעלות, romanized: šir ham-ma‘loṯ, lit.
Psalm 122 is recited in some communities following Mincha between Sukkot and Shabbat Hagadol. [5] It is also recited on Shabbat Nachamu (the Shabbat after Tisha B'Av) in some traditions. [6] It is recited on Yom Yerushalayim in the Conservative Jewish tradition due to the psalmist speaking of a united Jerusalem. [7]
The focus of this psalm is the importance of prayer in the midst of calamities specifically the calamity of the reduction of Jerusalem to ashes by the Babylonian army in 587 BC [7] The lament of the community acknowledges their faults and begs for God's mercy.
(Psalms 79:1–3); "...O Jerusalem, the built up Jerusalem is like a city that is united together...Pray for the peace of Jerusalem..." (Psalms 122:2–6); "Jerusalem is surrounded by mountains as God surrounds his people forever" (Psalms 125:3); "The builder of Jerusalem is God, the outcast of Israel he will gather in...Praise God O Jerusalem ...
The Hebrew scriptures were an important source for the New Testament authors. [13] There are 27 direct quotations in the Gospel of Mark, 54 in Matthew, 24 in Luke, and 14 in John, and the influence of the scriptures is vastly increased when allusions and echoes are included, [14] with half of Mark's gospel being made up of allusions to and citations of the scriptures. [15]
7. Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever. –Psalm 107:1 8. You are my God, and I will give you thanks; you are my God, and I will exalt you.
The Koren Jerusalem Bible is sometimes referred to as The Jerusalem Bible, Koren Bible, the Koren Tanakh, or Tanakh Yerushalayim (Hebrew for Jerusalem Bible). In 2021 Koren issued a completely new translation of the Bible, The Koren Tanakh- The Magerman Edition. The translation of the Pentateuch and much of the Book of Psalms was composed by ...