 For they that led us away captive, required of us then a song, and melody in our heaviness : Sing us one of the songs of Sion. 4 How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a strange land?  Expositions on the Book of Psalms - Page 161by Saint Augustine (Bishop of Hippo.) - 1857Full view - About this book
 | Durham city, cathedral - 1848 - 300 lehte
...be able to exalt themselves. FULL, FOUR VOICES. 281. PSALM cxxxvn. FULL AND VERSE ; FOUR VOICES. 1. By the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept : when we remembered thee, O Sion. 2. As for our harps we hanged them up : upon the trees that are therein. 3. For they that led us away... | |
 | 1848 - 246 lehte
...27 O give thanks unto the Lord of lords : for his mercy endureth for ever. PSALM 137. Super Jlumina. BY the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept: when we remembered thee, O Sion. 2 As for our harps, we hanged them up : upon the trees that are therein. 3 For they that led us away... | |
 | George Orwell - 1956 - 484 lehte
..."Well, I suppose we'll get that bloody tea this time tomorrow." Mr. Tallboys (chanting, reminiscently): "By the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept, when we remembered thee, O Zion! . . ." Dorothy: "Oh, this cold, this cold!" Snouter: "Well, I don't do no more starries this... | |
 | 1858 - 332 lehte
...recollect how the Psalmist describes the Jews lamenting their captivity in the same pensive posture:— " By the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept, when we remembered thee, 0 Sion !" And we call to mind, too, the still more remarkable fact, that Judaea herself is represented... | |
 | BCP7205 - 1984 - 1042 lehte
...endures for ever. Give thanks to the God of heaven, * for his mercy endures for ever. Super flumina By the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept, * when we remembered you, O Zion. As for our harps, we hung them up * on the trees in the midst of that land. For those... | |
 | Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Ministry Theology - 1993 - 532 lehte
...us your blessing; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. I6521 PSALM 137 Tone 8; PH 245, 246; PS 140 1 By the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept, * when we remembered you, O Zion. 2 As for our harps, we hung them up * on the trees in the midst of that land. 3 For those... | |
 | LindaJo H. McKim - 1993 - 436 lehte
...indicates where the next voice is to enter. An alternate version of the text is also popular: By the flood of Babylon, we sat down and wept, when we remembered thee, O Zion. The melody-only hymn is especially appropriate for children and youth. 246 By the Babylonian... | |
 | Robert Farrar Capon - 1995 - 388 lehte
...fresh springs are in thee." And when the captivity comes, the love only grows greater in the loss: "By the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept, when we remembered thee, O Sion. If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember thee, let... | |
 | Stephen Jenks - 1995 - 482 lehte
...symbolism of the lyre and harp in representations of King David and other Biblical musicians. 163. "By the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept when we remembered thee, O Sion. As for our harps, we hanged them up upon the trees that are therein." (Book of Common Prayer.) 164.... | |
 | Bishop of Hippo Saint Augustine, Dino Bigongiari - 1996 - 388 lehte
...hymn is meet in Sion, and to Thee shall the vow be performed in Jerusalem. But to-day we have sung, By the waters of Babylon we sat down and •wept, when we remembered Sion. Observe, that in the former it is said, For Thee, O God, a hymn is meet in Sion; but here, By... | |
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