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    Psalm 137 is the 137th psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version: "By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down". The...
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    are a lot longer (as are the lines from Sidney's Psalm 137 compared to the KJV verse from Psalm 137 they relate to) and add description. Sidney adds that...
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    Psalms (redirect from Psalm)
    Psalm 14 = 53, Psalm 70 = 40:14–18. Other such duplicated portions of psalms are Psalm 108:2–6 = Psalm 57:8–12; Psalm 108:7–14 = Psalm 60:7–14; Psalm...
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    scholarship pairs this psalm with Psalm 137, with Psalm 137 commemorating the beginning of the Babylonian exile, and Psalm 126 describing the end of that exile...
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  • influence testimony" The Samson 137 Indian reserve in Alberta, Canada Sonnet 137 by William Shakespeare Psalm 137 Caesium-137 is a radioactive isotope of...
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    a personification of the city of Jerusalem, or of its population. In Psalm 137, Zion (Jerusalem) is remembered from the perspective of the Babylonian...
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  • Rivers of Babylon (category Psalm settings)
    Girl in the Ring", also became a hit. The song is based on the Biblical Psalm 137:1–4, a hymn expressing the lamentations of the Jewish people in exile...
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    Septuagint version of the Bible and in the Latin Vulgate, this psalm is Psalm 137. The psalm forms a regular part of Jewish, Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant...
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    cover of a track by The Melodians with lyrics partly based on Psalm 137 and partly on Psalm 19, became (at the time) the second highest-selling single of...
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    Jerusalem in 586 BC. The libretto is by Temistocle Solera, inspired by Psalm 137. The opera with its powerful chorus established Verdi as a major composer...
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    Psalm 19 is the 19th psalm in the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version: "The heavens declare the almighty of God; and the firmament...
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  • (72435-84729-2-9) King James Version Bible, Psalm 137, 1:1 Stowe, David W. (2016). Song of Exile: The Enduring Mystery of Psalm 137. New York, New York: Oxford University...
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    Jerusalem in 587 BCE. Exactly how the Edomites participated is not clear. Psalm 137 ("By the waters of Babylon") suggests merely that Edom had encouraged...
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    Sitwell selected the text from the Bible, primarily the Book of Daniel and Psalm 137. The work is dedicated to Walton's friend and benefactor Lord Berners...
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  • rivers of Babylon" or "By the waters of Babylon", the first phrase from Psalm 137 in Jewish liturgy and the Hebrew Bible A 4-part round By the Waters of...
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    Psalm 136 is the 136th psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version: "O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his...
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    that this willow was the tree described in the Bible in the opening of Psalm 137 (here in Latin and English translations): From the Clementine Vulgate...
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    Neo-Babylonian Empire, which led to the Babylonian captivity (recorded in Psalm 137). The later date would place Obadiah as a contemporary of the prophet...
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    Silvestri) Nox Aurumque (poem by Charles Anthony Silvestri) Oculi Omnium Psalm 137: By the Waters of Babylon (written originally for The Choir of Sidney...
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    Psalm 117 is the 117th psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version: "O praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all...
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  • of Babylon, which led to the Babylonian exile of Israel (recorded in Psalm 137). The earlier period would place Obadiah as a contemporary of the prophet...
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    leaves out Psalm 58 (and Psalm 137). A number of various other imprecatory Psalms are omitted from a number of lectionaries usually having Psalm 58 among...
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    Super flumina Babylonis (Nuffel) (category Psalm settings)
    Babylonis (By the rivers of Babylon), Op. 25, is a musical setting of Psalm 137 (Psalm 136 in the Vulgate) in Latin by Jules Van Nuffel, composed in 1916...
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    biblical account of the return to Judah by some of the exiled Judahites Psalm 137, expressing lamentation of the exiles in Babylon for the loss of Jerusalem...
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    Psalms "By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion" (Psalm 137:1). At their feet lay musical instruments in accordance with the following...
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    Psalm 118 is the 118th psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in the English of the King James Version: "O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: because...
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    reliefs: Judahites from Lachish in Assyrian captivity, playing the lyre (cf. Psalm 137 from a later period: 'they that carried us away captive required of us...
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    A Psalm of Life Tell me not, in mournful numbers,      Life is but an empty dream!— For the soul is dead that slumbers,      And things are not what they...
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    Kings 3:9–26 Dykehouse, Jason (2013). "Biblical Evidence from Obadiah and Psalm 137 for an Edomite Treaty Betrayal of Judah in the Sixth Century B.C.E." Antiguo...
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    Billboard Easy Listening chart. The American Pie album features a version of Psalm 137, titled "Babylon". The song is based on a canon by Philip Hayes and was...
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