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Psalms
Chapter
137
{Psalm
of Unhappiness - Hanging a Harp on a Willow tree - see Revelation
15:2 Note}
1~~By
the rivers of Babylon {Jews as slaves},
there
we sat down,
we
wept when we remembered Zion
{Zion was the hill that was used for the headquarters for the client
nation}.
{Note: The Jews are out under the 5th cycle of discipline and this psalm expresses their unhappiness in this state.}
2~~On
the willows in the middle of it {rivers of Babylon},
we
hung our harps {indicates great sadness}.
3 For there they who carried us away captive
required of us a song;
and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying,
'Sing us one of the songs of Zion'.
4 How shall we sing Jehovah's/God's song in a strange land?
5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem,
let my right hand forget her cunning.
6 If I do not remember you,
let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth;
If I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
7 Remember, O Jehovah/God,
the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem.
Who said, Raze it, raze it, even to the foundation thereof.
8-9~~ O daughter of Babylon {Chaldean Empire}, you devastator!
How happy will be the one who repays you . . .
with the payment {complete military victory}
you have paid us Jews. 9~~
Happinesses to the ones who cease
and dash your children against the rocks.
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