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Psalm 137 is a hymn expressing the yearnings of the Jewish people during their Babylonian exile. In its whole form of nine verses, the psalm reflects the yearning for Jerusalem as well as hatred for the Holy City's enemies with sometimes violent imagery.
Psalm 137. 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. Related Articles: Psalm 137.
Psalm 137, By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down and wept, the Eastern Orthodox Church uses this hymn during the weeks preceding Great Lent. Psalm 145 by title 'A psalm of praise", is an accrostic of praise and David's final Psalm. Verses from it are frequently used in many contemporary worship songs and read by many contemporary worship ...
Rivers of Babylon. " Rivers of Babylon " is a Rastafari song written and recorded by Brent Dowe and Trevor McNaughton of the Jamaican reggae group The Melodians in 1970. The lyrics are adapted from the texts of Psalms 19 and 137 in the Hebrew Bible. The Melodians' original version of the song appeared on the soundtrack album for the 1972 movie ...
Imprecatory Psalms. Imprecatory Psalms, contained within the Book of Psalms of the Hebrew Bible (Hebrew: תנ"ך), are those that imprecate – invoke judgment, calamity or curses upon one's enemies or those perceived as the enemies of God. Major imprecatory Psalms include Psalm 69 and Psalm 109, while Psalms 5, 6, 11, 12, 35, 37, 40, 52, 54 ...
Psalm 137 is a song, originally written to be sung, and Mary Sidney's translation definitely resonates with that. The choice of rhyme and a chosen 8-syllable form underlines that songs tend to rhyme, and brings the next line round faster than if Sidney had stuck to the 11-syllable form typically used in the ottava rima scheme, makes it sound ...
Psalm 137 Initial S. The manuscript as it survives in Hildesheim has 209 folios (i.e. 418 pages) of vellum, which are numbered by a modern hand in Arabic numerals in the top right corner of the rectos, and there is an additional numbering of the miniatures at the bottom of their pages. A full page measures 27.6 x 18.4 cm.
Psalm 136 is the 136th psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version: "O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. The Book of Psalms is part of the third section of the Hebrew Bible , and a book of the Christian Old Testament .