...137th Psalm, where they cry in mournful voice — " By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, and 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...

...their branches the children of Israel lamented their captivity. ' By the rivers of Babylon we sat down, yea, we wept when we remembered Zion ; we hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof." It is worthy to be recollected, that some of the smallest trees known are willows ; nay, the smallest...

...the rivers of Babylon," says the psalmist, in the latter of these divine songs, " 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 these exiles ; I think you .will like to hear it. " 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...

...491 one of the sweetest lyrics ever written, beginning ' By the rivers of Babylon there we sat down ; yea, we wept when we remembered Zion ; we hanged our harps upon the willows,' etc. This psalm, whose exquisite beauties are so well preserved in our common English version, was...

...; one of the sweetest lyrics ever written, beginning ' By the riven of Babylon there we eat down ; yea, we wept when we remembered Zion ; we hanged our harps upon the willows,' etc. This psalm, whose eiquisite Ьеачиея are so well preserved in our common English version,...

...poetry of the Bible may be given. It is the 137th Psalm. " 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 had carried us away captive required of us a song: and they that wasted us required...

...account of this touching event. (Psalm cxxxvii. l, 2, &c.) " 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 they that carried us away captive required of us a song, and they that wasted us required of us...

...required to sing one of the songs of their country. " 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...

...passage in Scripture is exceedingly simple and precise. "By the Rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows m the midst thereof." It appears then from this passage that the rivers of Babylon were several in...