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Text -- Psalms 137:2-9 (NET)
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Context
137:2 On the poplars in her midst we hang our harps ,
137:3 for there our captors ask us to compose songs ; those who mock us demand that we be happy , saying: “Sing for us a song about Zion !”
137:4 How can we sing a song to the Lord in a foreign land ?
137:5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem , may my right hand be crippled !
137:6 May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth , if I do not remember you, and do not give Jerusalem priority over whatever gives me the most joy .
137:7 Remember , O Lord , what the Edomites did on the day Jerusalem fell. They said , “Tear it down , tear it down , right to its very foundation !”
137:8 O daughter Babylon , soon to be devastated ! How blessed will be the one who repays you for what you dished out to us!
137:9 How blessed will be the one who grabs your babies and smashes them on a rock !
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Music |
WILLOWS |
Prayer |
PSALMS, BOOK OF |
Israel |
HAGGAI |
Readings, Select |
GOD, 2 |
Wicked |
Jerusalem |
Church |
Country |
Patriotism |
Babylon |
Harp |
CRUEL; CRUELTY |
Willow |
War |
Foundation |
STONE, STONES |
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expand allCommentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes
NET Notes: Psa 137:3 Heb “from a song of Zion.” Most modern translations read, “one of the songs of Zion,” taking the preposition מִ...
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NET Notes: Psa 137:5 Heb “may my right hand forget.” In this case one must supply an object, such as “how to move.” The elliptical nature of the te...
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NET Notes: Psa 137:8 Heb “O the happiness of the one who repays you your wage which you paid to us.”
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