 | Ian Curtis - Christianity - 2006 - 306 pages
...one a non-believer. This passage is so vile that it is left out of many Bible Editions. PSALMS 137:9 "Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones." Conclusion Not one Christian in a thousand even knows of the existence of this monstrous passage. Where... | |
 | Richard Smoley, Jay Kinney - Religion - 2006 - 436 pages
...the waters of Babylon there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion" but ends grimly with "Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones"; along with many others that call for retribution against the Psalmist's "enemies." We may be tempted... | |
 | Jeffrey L. Sammons - 2006 - 308 pages
...Heine's third-longest, runs to 896 lines. Among other excisions he leaves out the allusion to Ps. 137: 9: ..Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones."56 As for the biography, it would be futile to contend with accuracy at this date. During the... | |
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Frederick Hubbard - 2007 - 494 pages
...foundation thereof. O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. Happy shall he be, that...taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones." ished splendour, still a "Holy and Beautiful House" with its songs and daily sacrifices and its gathering... | |
 | Philip Schaff - Religion - 2007 - 564 pages
...mind the warning words of the Psalmist: "Hapless daughter of Babylon, happy shall he be that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. Happy shall he be that...and dasheth thy little ones against the stones."" Because natural heat inevitably kindles in a man sensual passion, he is praised and accounted happy... | |
 | Christopher Collins - Religion - 2010 - 300 pages
...with the words: "O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed: happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. Happy shall he be, that...taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones" 176 (8-9). And in Jeremiah: "I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their... | |
 | Alicia Ostriker - Religion - 2007 - 183 pages
...prophetic conclusion: "O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed, happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. Happy shall he be, that...taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones." And there we have it, human history, the justification of every blood feud, every literal dashing of... | |
 | Ethelbert Bullinger - Religion - 2007 - 754 pages
...to past history : " 0 daughter of Babylon, Who art to be destroyed. Happy shall he be that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. Happy shall he be that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the rock " (RV,), These words, so contrary to Christian sentiment, will be perfectly correct in the next... | |
 | Richard Marius - Literary Criticism - 2006 - 228 pages
...O daughter of Babylon, who are to be destroyed: happy shall be he, that rewardeth thee as thou has served us. Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones. We have in the Psalm what I have called a floating image or a floating set of images. The words call... | |
 | Barbara Eubanks - Christian life - 2007 - 258 pages
...as a synonym for "blessed" as I read the beatitudes. Then I did the "woopsie." I read, Psalm 137:9, Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones. (KJV) Although I took that scripture out of context and messed up a bit, that doesn't minimize the... | |
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O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; Happy shall he be that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. Happy shall he be that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones. 
