The opening of the exile psalm. The psalm ends nine verses later with a curse on Babylonian infants that is almost never quoted with it; readers should know the whole is there.
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Passage
TextBy the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down, yea, we wept, When we remembered Zion. 1 Reference Scheme Translation
TranslationThe Holy Bible, American Standard Version 1 TranslatorAmerican Revision Committee 1 Connections
Associated With
This source names Babylonians directly: "The opening of the exile psalm."
Source The Holy Bible, American Standard Version (1901), verse-per-line textAmerican Revision Committee
Concerns
Rastafari, Religions Taken up in Rastafari as the song of Babylon and dispersion.
Passage Of
Source The Holy Bible, American Standard Version (1901), verse-per-line textAmerican Revision Committee
Sources
1. The Holy Bible, American Standard Version (1901), verse-per-line text
American Revision Committee, eBible.org (digital edition), 1901Psalm 137:1View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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