An experience of the captivity; mourning for Zion and cursing Babylon
The author is not indicated.
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By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered
Zion.
2 We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. 3 For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion. |
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- Hanged our harps This psalm provides
symbolism for the 144,000 seen standing on Mt. Zion. re1402b.
This psalm is discussed there.
Also ps0126. |
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How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a strange land?
5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. 6 If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy. |
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Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said,
Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.
8 O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. .9 Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones. |
While this is a picture of how the captives felt, we would not assume it to be encouragement to seek revenge ro1219. The Lord did later punish Babylon. |
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