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IF I FORGET THEE, O JERUSALEM - The meaning here is, that to sing in
such circumstances would seem to imply that they had forgotten
Jerusalem; that they were unmindful of its sorrows, and cared not th...
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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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IF. FORGET... DO NOT REMEMBER. The writer's then present personal
declaration.
LET MY RIGHT HAND FORGET. Supply "me" for the Ellipsis. Some codices,
with Septuagint and Vulgate, read "let my right ha...
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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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_If I forget thee, O Jerusalem_ To have consented would have seemed an
act of unfaithfulness to Zion. Some of the exiles did forget the "holy
mountain" (Isaiah 65:11). For the imprecation as a solemn...
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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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If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.
IF I FORGET THEE, O JERUSALEM, LET MY RIGHT HAND FORGET (HER CUNNING)
- let my right hand no longer perform its function of play...
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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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Forget _her cunning_] i.e. her skill in playing on the harp....
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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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HER CUNNING — _i.e.,_ the skill of playing on the harp. If at such a
moment the poet can so far forget the miserable bondage of Jerusalem
as to strike the strings in joy, may his hand for ever lose th...
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אִֽם ־אֶשְׁכָּחֵ֥ךְ יְֽרוּשָׁלִָ֗ם
תִּשְׁכַּ֥ח יְמִינִֽי׃...
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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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(d) If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget [her
cunning].
(d) Even the faithful are touched by their particular griefs, yet the
common sorrow of the Church is most grievous to them,...
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_Ways. Of Providence, (Calmet) and mercy, &c., Psalm xxiv. 10.
(Berthier) --- Some have read, "canticles," Greek: odais, being
substituted for Greek: odois. (Haydock)_...
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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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5._If I shall forget thee, O Jerusalem! _This confirms what was said
in the former verse, and leaves us in no difficulty to understand what
the Psalmist meant by it. For here God’s people declare, and...
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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 FORGET THEE, O JERUSALEM,.... This was said by one or everyone of
the Levites; or singers, as Aben Ezra and Kimchi; or by the
congregation of Israel, as Jarchi; by one of them, in the name of the...
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If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget [her cunning].
Ver. 5. _If I forget thee, O Jerusalem_] As I might seem to do,
should I herein gratify these idolaters; or otherwise obey them,...
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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 forget thee, O Jerusalem, the Sanctuary with the worship of
Jehovah, LET MY RIGHT HAND FORGET HER CUNNING, the power of motion in
general, and especially her skill with the harp....
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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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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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IF I FORGET THEE; if I do not retain a deep and sorrowful sense of thy
ruin and misery, or if I indulge myself in mirth and jollity, as if I
had forgotten thee. RIGHT HAND; the chief instrument of pla...
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Psalms 137:5 forget H7911 (H8799) Jerusalem H3389 hand H3225 forget
H7911 (H8799)
I forget -...
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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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Daniel 6:10; Daniel 6:11; Isaiah 62:1; Isaiah 62:6; Isaiah 62:7;...