 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 486 pages
...figure. The Psalmist describes the Jews la~ meriting their captivity in the same pensive posture. ' By the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept, when we remembered .thee, O Sion!' But what is more remarkable, we find Judea represented as a woman in sorrow sitting on the ground,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 488 pages
...this figure. The Psalmist describes the Jews lamenting their captivity in the same pensive posture. * By the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept, when we remembered thee, O Sion!' But what is more remarkable, we find Judea represented as a woman in sorrow sitting on the ground,... | |
 | Jean-Pierre Ramel - Cayenne (French Guiana) - 1805 - 286 pages
...hear him. His motto was, Super flumina Babylonis, illic sedimus et flcvimus, donee recordamur Sion.* By the waters of Babylon, we sat down and wept, when we -/>np~l~re<i thee. O Sion ! Psalm, cxxxvii. 1. His pathetic eloquence, his harmonious voice, the spirited... | |
 | Samuel Burder - Bible - 1807 - 426 pages
...this figure. The Psalmist describes the Jews lamenting their captivity in the same pensive posture. By the waters of Babylon we sat down, and wept when we remembered thee, O Sion. But what is more remarkable, we find Judaea represented as a woman in sorrow sitting on the ground,... | |
 | Samuel Burder - Bible - 1807 - 436 pages
...this figure. The Psalmist describes the Jews lamenting their captivity in the same pensive •posture. By the -waters of Babylon we sat down, and •wept -when we remembered thee, 0 Sion. But what is more remarkable, we find Judaea represented as a woman in sorrow sitting on the... | |
 | Sydney Smith - Sermons - 1809 - 456 pages
...love -your neighbour as yourself. ON THE LOVE OF OUR COUNTRY. SERMON XIII* PSALM CXXXVII. VERSE I. By the waters of Babylon, we sat down and wept, when we remembered thee, Oh Sion ! THIS beautiful Psalm was written in commemoration of the Babylonish captivity written, if... | |
 | Sydney Smith - Sermons, English - 1809 - 466 pages
...your neighbour as yourself. ON THE . :, ; LOVE OF OUR COUNTRY. SERMON XIII. PSALM CXXXVII. VERSE I. By the waters of Babylon, we sat down and wept, when we remembered thee, Oh Sion ! THIS beautiful Psalm was written in commemoration of the Babylonish captivity ? written,... | |
 | Sydney Smith - Sermons - 1809 - 452 pages
...and love your neighbour as yourself. ON THE LOVE OF OUR COUNTRY. SERMON XIII. PSALM CXXXVII. VERSE I. By the waters of Babylon, we sat down and wept, when we remembered tJiee, Oh Sion ! • THIS beautiful Psalm was written in commemoration of the Babylonish captivity... | |
 | Church of England - 1810 - 466 pages
...give thanks unto the Lord of lords ; for his mercy endureth for ever. Psalm cxxxvii. Super Jlumina. BY the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept, when we remembered dice, O Sion. 2 As for our harps, we hanged them up upon the trees that are therein. 3 For they that... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1811 - 378 pages
...this figure. The Psalmist describes the Jews lamenting their captivity in the same pensive posture. ' By the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept, when we remembered thee, O Sion !' But what is more remarkable, we find Judea represented as a woman in sorrow sitting on the ground,... | |
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For they that led us away captive, required of us then a song, and melody in our heaviness : Sing us one of the songs of Sion. 4 How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a strange land? 
