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. For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth,... Sartain's Union Magazine of Literature and Art - 第395页编者: - 1851全本阅读 - 图书信息
| Saba - 2005 - 204 页
...we wept, when we remembered Zion. 2. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof, 3. For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that tried to waste us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion. 4. How shall we sing... | |
| Marc Shell - 2005 - 362 页
...willows there we hung up our lyres. For there our captors required of us songs, and our tormentors, mirth, saying, "Sing us one of the songs of Zion!" How shall we sing the Lords song in a foreign land? If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand wither! Let my tongue... | |
| Allen Dwight Callahan - 2008 - 300 页
...and is mourned in the poignant poetry of the psalmist: By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our...mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion. How long shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land? (Ps. 137:1-4) In 539 BCE, King Cyrus of Persia... | |
| Davis W. Houck, David E. Dixon - 2006 - 1013 页
...God's chosen people captive and demanded of them mirth while inflicting misery; for it is written: "They that carried us away captive required of us...of us mirth, saying, 'Sing us one of the songs of Zion.'" (Psalms 137:3) Birmingham and Alabama persecute us because we fight segregation and [they]... | |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe, Henry Louis Gates (Jr.) - 2007 - 560 页
...have been taught to reply "Yes, Mas'r." 6 Psalm 137:1-4: By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our...willows in the midst thereof. For there they that had carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying,... | |
| Rupert Klieber - 2006 - 296 页
...For there our captors / asked us for songs / our tormentors demanded songs of joy, they said, Sing us one of the songs of Zion. / How shall we sing the songs of the LORD / in a strange land? Ps 19,14: Let the words of my mouth / and the meditation of... | |
| Richard Marius - 2006 - 228 页
...Jerusalem by King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon in 587 BC. By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our...the songs of Zion. How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land? lf l forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. lf l do not... | |
| Frederick Hubbard - 2007 - 494 页
...its ashes. The Temple rises in dimin5 Psalm 137(RSV): "By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our...the songs of Zion. How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a strange Land? If I forget thee, C) Jerusalem, let my right hand foreet her cunning. If I do not... | |
| Alicia Ostriker - 2007 - 183 页
...belongings sitting by a river that is not their home. By the waters of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept when we remembered Zion. We hanged our...required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion. These extraordinary opening lines, which audiences all over the world today know from Bob Marley's... | |
| Michael Eric Dyson - 2007 - 434 页
...in the Hebrew Bible to talk about their experiences. "By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our...required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion." I mean, that's the blues; that's black gospel music, that sense of longing and nostalgia and... | |
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