 | Stuart H. Surlin, Walter C. Soderlund - 1990 - 510 oldal
...disillusioned with "babylon". The Melodians used Psalm 137 to produce the classic "Rivers of Babylon": By the Rivers of Babylon, There we sat down. And there we wept When we remember Zion, For the wicked Carried us away captivity Required from us a song, But how can we sing... | |
 | Earl F. Palmer - 1991 - 196 oldal
...angry-sounding prayer-songs of the Old Testament. A striking example of these is found in Psalm 137, "By the rivers of Babylon — there we sat down and there we wept when we remembered Zion. . . . For there our captors asked us for songs . . . , 'Sing us one of the songs of Zion!' How could... | |
 | Bruce C. Birch - 1991 - 388 oldal
...and the theological meaning of the exile is best captured by the poignant language of Ps. 137. By the rivers of Babylon — there we sat down and there we wept when we remembered Zion. On the willows there we hung up our harps. For there our captors asked us for songs, and our tormentors... | |
 | William L. Holladay - 1995 - 412 oldal
...that depicts unforgettably the desolation of the Jewish exiles suddenly far from home: "By the rivei-s of Babylon — there we sat down and there we wept when we remembered Zion. . . . How could we sing Yahweh's song in a foreign land?" (137:1, 4). And their bitter, helpless rage... | |
 | Nicholas Wolterstorff - 1995 - 342 oldal
...dramatic example, one familiar to everyone: Psalm 137. The psalm opens with the moving lament: By the rivers of Babylon there we sat down and there we wept when we remembered Zion. On the willows there we hung up our harps. For there our captors asked us for songs, and our tormentors... | |
 | Renita J. Weems - 1995 - 182 oldal
...the tiny church, the young boy swallows the lump in his throat and begins reciting Psalm 137. By the rivers of Babylon — there we sat down and there we wept when we remembered Zion. On the willows there we hung up our harps. For there our captors asked us for songs, and our tormentors... | |
 | Cheryl J. Sanders - 1999 - 200 oldal
...the text raises questions that interrogate the exilic status of African American Christians. "By the rivers of Babylon— there we sat down and there we wept when we remembered Zion . . . For there our captors asked us for songs" (Psalm 137:1, 3a, NRSV). Over against the Babylonians'... | |
 | Jean Pierre Prévost - 1997 - 112 oldal
...again to the holy mountain. Everyone knows the famous refrain, full of nostalgia, of Psalm 137: "By the rivers of Babylon — / there we sat down and there we wept/ when we remembered Zion" (v. 1). G"nly a return to Zion, long cherished as an impossible dream (see 126:1), can bring back laughter... | |
 | Thomas Zanzig, Barbara Allaire - 1997 - 340 oldal
...away from you, you may identify with the feelings expressed by the exiled Jews in Psalm 137: By the rivers of Babylon — there we sat down and there we wept when we remembered Zion. On the willows there we hung up our harps. For there our captors asked us for songs, and our tormentors... | |
 | William J. Doorly - 1997 - 218 oldal
...in the history of their descendants and the totality of western civilization for millennia. By the rivers of Babylon — there we sat down and there we wept when we remembered Zion. ...If I forget you O Jerusalem. let my right hand wither! Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth.... | |
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By the rivers of Babylon — there we sat down and there we wept when we remembered Zion. On the willows there we hung up our harps. For there our captors asked us for songs, and our tormentors asked for mirth, saying, "Sing us one of the songs of Zion! 
