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Verse Psalms 137:6. _LET MY TONGUE CLEAVE_] Let me lose my _voice_,
and all its powers of _melody_; my _tongue_, and all its _faculty_ of
_speech_; my _ear_, and its _discernment_ of _sounds_; if I d...
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IF I DO NOT REMEMBER THEE - Equivalent to, “If I forget thee.” If
I ever fail to remember thee; if I shall ever act as if I had
forgotten thee. Singing in a strange land, among those who had
perpetrat...
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Psalms 137
Remembering the Exile
This Psalm is in remembrance of the Babylonian captivity written by an
unknown person. Some have named Jeremiah, but he was not in Babylon.
The Psalm expresseth the...
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CXXXVII. THE BITTER MEMORY OF BABYLON. The vivid picture of the exiles
in their home-sickness, the mockery of their foreign masters, their
love for Zion, the mention of Edom, and the savage thirst for...
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The exiles indignantly repudiate the idea of doing what would be
treason to the memories of Zion. The protest is dramatically expressed
in the words which they would have used at the time....
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Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth,
If I remember thee not (R.V.).
Let all power of speech and song desert me. Cp. Job 29:10.
_if I prefer not_&c. Lit. _if I exalt not Jerusalem above my...
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LET MY RIGHT HAND FORGET HER CUNNING, &C.— There is nothing for _her
cunning_ in the original. The plain meaning is, _"May my right hand
forget to play_ upon the harp; _may my tongue cleave to the roo...
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PSALMS 137
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
A Returned Levite's Memories of Babylon, Apostrophe to Jerusalem, and
Imprecations on Edom and on Babylon.
ANALYSIS
Stanza I., Psalms 137:1-3, A Returned Captive's Reco...
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A lifelike memorial of the bitter experiences of exile concluding with
(_a_) a strong expression of patriotism, and (_b_) an outburst of
hatred against the enemies of Jerusalem. Probably written soon...
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Psalms 107:150
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
BY THE RIVERS IN BABYLON
PSALMS 137
Jesus said, "You have heard that people used to say, An eye for an
eye and a tooth for a tooth. But I say to you, Do not fig...
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תִּדְבַּ֥ק ־לְשֹׁונִ֨י ׀ לְ חִכִּי֮
אִם ־לֹ֪א...
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Psalms 137:1
THE captivity is past, as the tenses in Psalms 137:1 show, and as is
manifest from the very fact that its miseries have become themes for a
psalm. Grief must be somewhat removed before it...
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LOYALTY IN ADVERSITY
Psalms 137:1-9
It seems as if the exiles had withdrawn from the city, with its
distractions, to some natural retreat beside the Euphrates. They had
brought their harps with t...
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This is a song of memory. From the midst of the circumstances of
restoration the singer looks back to days of captivity and sorrow. The
picture is graphic. Babylon was far from their own land, and far...
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If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my
mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my (e) chief joy.
(e) The decay of God's religion in their country was so grievous that
no joy...
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The high, &c. The proud and haughty, who exalt themselves, God knoweth
afar off; that is, he despiseth the, and setteth them at a distance
from him; whilst he stoopeth down to favour and embrace the l...
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I hope the Lord's Israel at all times feels somewhat of this same
spirit. It is blessed to feel the love of Jesus in seasons when Jesus
is opposed, and to have this testimony in the worst of times. Pe...
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Psalms 137 refers, and alone does to give the full history of Israel's
sorrows to Babylon, which has only a mystic fulfillment in the latter
days, but has its importance, because at that time was the...
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IF I DO NOT REMEMBER THEE,.... In prayer, in discourse, in
conversation; this is the same as before, to forget, repeated for the
confirmation of it;
LET MY TONGUE CLEAVE TO THE ROOF OF MY MOUTH; as i...
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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.
Ver. 6. _If I do not remember thee_] _Hi gemitus Sanctorum sunt
gemitus Spiritus...
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Psalms 137:5. _If I forget thee, O Jerusalem_ If I do not retain a
deep and sorrowful sense of thy desolations, though never so far
removed from thee; or if I indulge myself in mirth and jollity, as i...
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If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my
mouth, in an agony of thirst and suffering; IF I PREFER NOT JERUSALEM
ABOVE MY CHIEF JOY, literally, "if I do not place Jerusalem abov...
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SONG OF GRIEF OF THE CAPTIVE JEWS.
The unknown poet here records the deep grief and mourning of the Jews
during the Babylonian captivity and includes a prayer for the
destruction of their enemies, si...
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MY CHIEF JOY:
_ Heb._ the head of my joy...
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5-9 What we love, we love to think of. Those that rejoice in God, for
his sake make Jerusalem their joy. They stedfastly resolved to keep up
this affection. When suffering, we should recollect with g...
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REMEMBER THEE WITH AFFECTION AND SYMPATHY, so as to damp my joys.
CLEAVE TO THE ROOF OF MY MOUTH; be made uncapable of singing, or
speaking, or moving, as it is in some diseases. Compare JOB 29:10
PSA...
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Psalms 137:6 remember H2142 (H8799) tongue H3956 cling H1692 (H8799)
exalt H5927 (H8686) Jerusalem H3389 chief...
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Psalms 137:1. _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._
Babylon was full of canals and rivers; t...
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CONTENTS: Lamentation over the sad condition of God's people in
captivity.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: Those who are glad at the calamities that sometimes in
God's providence come to His people, sh...
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This psalm has no title, but it was evidently composed in Babylon; and
it would seem from the latter part, only a little while before Cyrus
took the city. It was probably composed by the prophet Hagga...
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_If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning._
RECOLLECTION AND PREFERENCE OF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST
I. The object of recollection and preference by the Christian. The
Church o...
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_By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea,_ we wept.
THE TEARS OF MEMORY AND THE CRY FOR VENGEANCE
I. The tears of memory (Psalms 137:1).
1. Their sorrow had reference to the loss of the hi...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 137:1. This community lament remembers
the Babylonian captivity. It provides words by which the returned
exiles can express their loyalty to Jerusalem and pray that God woul...
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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 137:4 To a faithful Judean, the request of v.
Psalms 137:3 would be like asking him to FORGET... JERUSALEM, which
would be an act of treachery
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INTRODUCTION
“There can be no doubt whatever,” says Perowne, “as to the time
when this Psalm was written. It expresses the feeling of an exile who
has but just returned from the land of his captivity....
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EXPOSITION
"THE most direct and striking reminiscence of the Babylonish exile in
the whole Psalter" (Professor Alexander). The psalm divides into two
parts. First, we are given a picture of the unhapp...
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Psa 137:1-9 is a psalm of captivity written many years after David's
time, written by one of those who were captive in Babylon.
By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yes, we wept, when we
remem...
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1 Thessalonians 3:7; Acts 20:24; Ezekiel 3:26; Isaiah 41:17;...
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If — If I do not value Jerusalem's prosperity more than all other
delights....