 BY THE rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth,...  Scripture Natural History - Page 101by Alexander Fletcher - 1845Full view - About this book
 | Hobart Caunter - Bible - 1839 - 586 pages
...psalm, a composition of exquisite tenderness and beauty. By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, Yea, we wept when we remembered Zion. We hanged our...harps upon the willows, In the midst thereof. For there they that carried us away captive required of us a long; And they that wasted us required of... | |
 | Mason I. Lowance - 572 pages
...plaintive lament of a peeled and woe-smitten people! "By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down. Yea! we wept when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there, they that carried us away captive, required of us a song; and they who wasted us required of... | |
 | Hector Berlioz - Fiction - 2003 - 278 pages
...75. This is a reminiscence of the start of Psalm 137: 'By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.' 76. The word for 'brigand's' used by Berlioz is 'Macairian', referring to Robert Macaire, the brigand... | |
 | Manning Marable - History - 2003 - 708 pages
...up the lament of a peeled and woe-smitten people. "By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down. Yes! We wept when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there they that carried us away captive, required of us a song; and they who wasted us, required of... | |
 | Richard J. Mouw - Music - 2004 - 312 pages
...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. 4 How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land? 5... | |
 | Bob Darden - Music - 2004 - 456 pages
...we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hang our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. 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." How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land? (Psalms... | |
 | Joseph E. Guretzki - Religion - 2004 - 406 pages
...longing for a return to Jerusalem in Abraham's story: By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there they carried us away captive, required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth,... | |
 | David Ware Stowe - Music - 2004 - 366 pages
...destruction of the First Temple in the sixth century BCE: By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there they carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth,... | |
 | سپهرى، سهراب - Persian poetry - 2004 - 224 pages
...Testament. In this psalm we read in the King James version: "By the rivers of Babylon there we sat down, yea, we wept when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof..." 5. The silent canvas of the prophet Jeremiah. This is evidently a reference to Rembrandt's well-known... | |
 | Robert G. O'Meally, Brent Hayes Edwards, Farah Jasmine Griffin - Education - 2004 - 460 pages
...How Shall We Sing The Lord's Songs In a Strange Land? ! By the rivers of Babylon, J There we sat down Yea, we wept when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows 105 In the midst thereof. For there they that carried us away captive Required of us a song: And they... | |
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