Ch 137 / 150~1 min
TehillimChapter 137
Longing for Zion, the City of the King
Israel's lament in Babylon — 'How can we sing YHWH's song in a foreign land?' — is answered by Yeshua, who enables praise even in exile by dwelling within us.
- By the Rivers of Babylon We Wept
By the rivers of Babylon, the exiles wept. This raw grief of exile still echoes wherever Elohim's people mourn.
- 1By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down. Yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
- 2On the willows in that land, we hung up our harps.
- 3For there, those who led us captive asked us for songs. Those who tormented us demanded songs of joy: “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”
- 4How can we sing YHWH’s song in a foreign land?
- 5If I forget you, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill.
- 6Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I don’t remember you, if I don’t prefer Jerusalem above my chief joy.
- 7Remember, YHWH, against the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem, who said, “Raze it! Raze it even to its foundation!”
- 8Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, he will be happy who repays you, as you have done to us.
- 9Happy shall he be, who takes and dashes your little ones against the rock.