The Strand Study Bible

PSALMS 137:1

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PSALMS 139:16

thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me. 8 The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands. Psalm 139 A psalm of David Date Written - Unknown God is all-knowing (omniscience) 1 O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me. 2 9 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. 3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. 4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, 10 thou knowest it altogether. 5 Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me. 6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it. God is everywhere present (omnipresent) 7 Whither shall I go from thy SPIRIT ? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? 8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. 9 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; 10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. 11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. 12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee . God is all-powerful (omnipotence) 13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.

1. or, “Babylon” - II Ki 24:1-16

Psalm 137 Unknown Psalmist

2. that is, “let me never be able to play a musical instrument again” 3. that is, “let me never be able to sing the songs of Zion again” 4. Obad 10-14 & Ezk 25:12-14 & 35:2 & Jere 49:7-22 & Lam 4:21-22 5. or, “destroy” - Obad 12 6. Fulfilled - Dan 5:30-31 (Fall of Babylon) 7. or, “Medo-Persia” 8. or, “heathen gods” 9. Mt 9:4 & Isa 66:18 10. Heb 4:13 11. that is, “my body” - Gen 2:17 &-Eph 2:1,5 & Colo 2:13 & Jn 3:7 12. Job 10:8 & Eccl 11:5

[Written sometime during the Babylonian captivity - Ezk 1:1] Date Written - c. 592 BC

1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. 2 We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. 3 For there 1 they that 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 the LORD’S song in a strange land? 5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, 2 let my right hand forget her cunning. 6 If I do not remember thee, 3 let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy. 7 Remember, O LORD, 4 the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, 5 Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof. 8 O daughter of Babylon, 6 who art to be destroyed; happy shall 7 he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. P 9 Happy shall he be, 6 that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones. P READ NEXT - Ezekiel 1:2 - 24:27 Psalm 138 1 I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the 8 gods will I sing praise unto thee. 2 I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name. 3 In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul. 4 All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD, when they hear the words of thy mouth. 5 Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the LORD: for great is the glory of the LORD. 6 Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off. 7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, A psalm of King David Date Written - Unknown

14 I will praise thee; for 11 I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. 15 12 My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. 16 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my 137:6 The psalmist’s message is clear. Israel without Jerusalem would be like life without meaning. If you take away a musician’s