I haven’t posted this one for a while–By the Rivers of Babylon, sung by Boney M. It’s Psalm 137 in the Bible.
Dr. No. 2 thinks I might live a few more years.
Enough’s enough. A glass of root beer, please.
Tag: Psalm 137
‘By the Rivers of Babylon’
I haven’t posted this one in a long time; I can’t imagine why.
By the Rivers of Babylon, by Boney M: really, it’s Psalm 137 set to music: the exiled people of Judah mourning for their country.
Let’s pray we give ourselves no occasions to mourn our country.
‘By the Rivers of Babylon’
Here is Psalm 137 set to music by Boney M–By the Rivers of Babylon. Captivity was harsh and bitter for Israel; but they’d brought it on themselves, adopting heathen practices and refusing to listen to the prophets. Nothing changes, does it?
By Request, ‘By the Rivers of Babylon’
This spiritual comes to us via Psalm 137–By the Rivers of Babylon, by Boney M. Requested by Ina. By the rivers of Babylon we sat down and wept, when we remembered Zion… Change course, and turn to the Lord.
Cry for America
“The Spirit of ’76”–gone. But we still need it.
Sorry if this comes off as a rant, but sometimes I could just sit down and weep for my country… as by the waters of Babylon, Psalm 137.
The America that I grew up in is gone, covered over, drowned out by wicked nonsense. They stole our house and replaced it with a lean-to. When a governor (the unlamented Andrew Cuomo) says “America was never that great,” and a so-called president throws in “There’s nothing special about America,” it does seem we’re just about finished.
Look at our schools, if you can stand it, and universities. The dreck that comes pouring out of Disney Corp. Disney! The freaks and numbskulls who’ve been brought into our government. DAs who release violent criminals without bail. I can’t bear to make this list any longer: that would be the work of hours, and it would sicken my soul.
Pray for strength; we’ll need it. For courage, wisdom, endurance, and faith. Say prayers of repentance. Pray for God’s intervention.
Because I can’t see us getting much farther without it.
Coincidence? ‘By the Rivers of Babylon’
Two requests for hymns by Boney M. on the same day, from opposite sites of the world–how unlikely is that? But such coincidences happen a lot, around here.
First, from Scotland, requested by Ina: By the Waters of Babylon. Inspired by Psalm 137.
By Request, ‘By the Rivers of Babylon’
Requested by Ina, By the Rivers of Babylon, sung by Boney M–an adaptation of Psalm 137.
It asks, “How shall we sing the Lord’s song in a strange land?” That’s a question that troubles me, sometimes. But sing it we must.
By the Waters of Babylon
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, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
How shall we sing the LORD’s song in a strange land? –Psalm 137:1-4
It would not seem unusual for Christians to feel like this, these days. Only the difference is, the Old Testament Jews were carried off captive to Babylon; but for American Christians, their home country transformed itself into Babylon. And it’s worse for Christians in Britain, and the other European countries that once were called Christendom.
Yes, we might sing, with Don McLean, the refrain from Psalm 137. How, indeed, do we sing the Lord’s song in a strange land?
Maybe like this.
Yes, I think: very much like this.