The Psalmist's love for Jerusalem leads him to invoke vengeance on her enemies: upon Edom for the unbrotherly spite which rejoiced at her destruction; upon Babylon, for having accomplished that destruction
Verse Psalms 137:7. _REMEMBER - THE CHILDREN OF EDOM_] It appears from Jeremiah 12:6; Jeremiah 25:14; Lamentations 4:21;...
REMEMBER, O LORD, THE CHILDREN OF EDOM - The Edomites; the people of Idumea. On the situation of Edom or Idumea, see introductory notes to Isaiah 34. IN THE DAY OF JERUSALEM - In the day when Jerusale...
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...
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...
CHILDREN. sons. EDOM. Genesis 27:39; Genesis 27:40 was not fulfilled until the reign of Joram (2 Kings 8:20; 2 Chronicles
REMEMBER, O LORD, THE CHILDREN OF EDOM— "Who instead of pitying Jerusalem, as became neighbours and relations, were glad to see the _day_ of its desolations." The time when God's judgments are execute...
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...
Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof. REMEMBER, O LORD, THE CHILDREN OF EDOM IN THE DAY OF JERUSALEM. So the Se...
THE CHILDREN OF EDOM IN THE DAY] RV 'against the children of Edom the day,' i.e. the day of the destruction of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans (2 Kings 25:8), when Edom rejoiced at its fall: see Obadiah 1:...
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...
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...
REMEMBER... — _Remember, Jehovah, for the children of Edom the day of Jerusalem._ The prophecy of Obadiah gives the best comment on this verse: “For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall...
זְכֹ֤ר יְהוָ֨ה ׀ לִ בְנֵ֬י אֱדֹ֗ום אֵת֮ יֹ֤ום
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...
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...
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...
Remember, O LORD, the children of (f) Edom in the (g) day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase [it], rase [it, even] to the foundation thereof. (f) As was prophesied in (Ezekiel 25:13; Jeremiah 49:7; Obadiah...
_Wilt quicken me. And not otherwise. (St. Augustine) --- There is no going to heaven without crosses. (Haydock) --- Wrath. Most furious and cruel enemies. (Calmet)_...
These words are both a prayer and a prophecy. Edom is the seed of Esau, and as such there was, and is, and ever will be, the same hatred subsisting. But the Church looketh forward to the hour, when Ed...
7._Remember, O Jehovah! the children of Edom _Vengeance was to be executed upon the other neighboring nations which had conspired to destroy Jerusalem, so that they are all doubtless included here und...
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...
REMEMBER, O LORD, THE CHILDREN OF EDOM IN THE DAY OF JERUSALEM,.... Of her visitation, calamity, and destruction, how they behaved then, and them for it; who, though the children of Esau and brethren...
Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase [it], rase [it, even] to the foundation thereof. Ver. 7. _Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom_] Those unbrotherly bit...
_Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom_ Their constant and inveterate enemies, who had no regard either to consanguinity or humanity, but, instead of pitying Jerusalem, as became kind neighbours and...
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...
es of the earth and of the masses of people as well, but that he maintained his righteous cause in the power of the Lord....
RAISE IT: _ Heb._ make bear...
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...
REMEMBER, O LORD, so as to punish them, THE CHILDREN OF EDOM, our constant and inveterate enemies, who had no regard either to consanguinity or humanity. IN THE DAY; in the time of its calamity or des...
Psalms 137:7 Remember H2142 (H8798) LORD H3068 sons H1121 Edom H123 day H3117 Jerusalem H3389 said H559 ...
EDOM See (Jeremiah 49:7); (Lamentations 4:22); (Ezekiel 25:12); (Obadiah 1:1); ...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
_Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem._ IMPRECATION AGAINST THE ENEMIES OF THE CHURCH 1. False brethren are the chief instruments of persecution of the true members of the...
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...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 137:7 The recollection of these hurtful taunts leads to a prayer that God will REMEMBER the deeds of his people’s enemies. These are represented here by the EDOMITES and the...
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....
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...
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...
1 Samuel 15:2; Exodus 17:14; Ezekiel 25:12; Hosea 7:2; Isaiah 63:1;...
The day — In the time of its destruction....