Psalms 137:1

Bishops' Bible (1568)

By the waters of Babylon we sat downe there: also we wept when we remembred Sion.

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  • Ezek 1:1 : 1 It came to passe in the thirtith yere in the fourth moneth in the fifth day of the moneth, that (I beyng in the middes of the captiuitie, by the riuer Chebar) the heauens were opened, and I sawe visions of God:
  • Ezek 1:3 : 3 The worde of the Lorde came to Ezechiel the priest the sonne of Buzi, in the lande of the Chaldeans by the riuer Chebar, where the hand of the Lord was vpon hym.
  • Ezek 3:15 : 15 Then I came to the captiues in Thelabib that dwelt by the riuer Chebar, and I sate where they sate, and I remayned there seuen dayes, astonished among them.
  • Dan 9:3 : 3 And I turned my face vnto the Lord God, and sought by prayer and supplication, with fasting, sackcloth, and asshes.
  • Dan 10:2-3 : 2 At the same time, I Daniel mourned for the space of three weekes of dayes. 3 I ate no pleasaunt bread, as for flesh and wine there came none within my mouth: no, I did not once annoynt my selfe till the whole three weekes of dayes were fulfilled.
  • Luke 19:41 : 41 And when he was come neare, he behelde the citie, and wept on it.
  • Rev 11:3 : 3 And I wyl geue power vnto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesie a thousande, two hundred, and threescore dayes, clothed in sackcloth.
  • Gen 2:10-14 : 10 And out of Eden there went foorth a flood to water the garden, and from thence it was deuided, and became into foure heades. 11 The name of ye first is Pison, the same is it that compasseth the whole lande of Hauilah, where there is golde: 12 And the golde of the lande is very good. There is also Bdellium, and the Onix stone. 13 The name of the seconde riuer is Gyhon: the same is it that compasseth the whole lande of Ethiopia. 14 The name of ye thirde ryuer is Hidekel, & it goeth toward the east side of Assiria: & the fourth ryuer is Euphrates.
  • Ezra 8:21 : 21 And euen there at the water beside Ahaua I proclaymed a fast, that we might humble our selues before our God, and seke of hym a right way for vs, and for our children, and for all our substaunce.
  • Ezra 8:31 : 31 And we brake vp from the water of Ahaua on the twelfth day of the first moneth, to go vnto Hierusalem: and the hande of our God was vpon vs, and deliuered vs from the hande of the enemies, and of such as layed wayte for vs by the way.
  • Neh 1:3-4 : 3 And they sayde vnto me: The remnaunt that are left of the captiuitie there in the lande, are in great affliction and rebuke: the wall of Hierusalem also is broken downe, and the gates thereof are burnt with fire. 4 And when I hearde these wordes, I sat downe and wept, and mourned certayne dayes, and fasted and prayed before the God of heauen,
  • Neh 2:3 : 3 And sayde vnto the king, God saue the king for euer: Howe shoulde I not loke sadly, when the citie and place of my fathers burials lye waste, and the gates therof are consumed with fire?
  • Job 2:12-13 : 12 So when they lift vp their eyes a farre of, they knew him not: then they cryed and wept, and euery one of them rent his clothes, and sprinckled dust vpon their heades in the ayre. 13 They sate them downe by him also vpon the grounde seuen dayes & seuen nightes, and none spake a worde vnto him: for they sawe that his greefe was very great.
  • Ps 42:4 : 4 And I powred out of me my very heart, remembryng this howe that before tyme I haue passed with a great number, bringyng the vnto the house of the Lord: with a voyce of ioy & prayse, & with a company that kept holy day.
  • Ps 102:9-9 : 9 For I haue eaten asshes as it were bread, and mingled my drynke with weepyng, 10 because of thine indignation and wrath: for thou hast set me vp, and cast me downe. 11 My dayes fade away lyke a shadowe: and I am wythered lyke grasse. 12 But thou O God endurest for euer: and thy remembraunce throughout all generations. 13 Thou wylt aryse vp, thou wylt haue compassion vpon Sion: for it is tyme that thou haue mercie vpon her, for the tyme appoynted is come. 14 For thy seruauntes be well affected towarde her stones: and it pitieth them to see her in the dust.
  • Isa 66:10 : 10 Reioyce with Hierusalem, and be glad with her all ye that loue her, be ioyfull with her all ye that mourne for her.
  • Jer 13:17-18 : 17 But if ye wyll not heare me that geue you secrete warnyng, I wyll mourne from my whole heart for your stubburnnesse: Piteously wyll I weepe, and the teares shall gushe out of mine eyes, for the Lordes flocke shalbe caried away captiue. 18 Tell the kyng and the queene, humble your selues, sit you downe lowe, for your dignitie shalbe throwen downe, and the crowne of your glorie shall fall from your head.
  • Jer 15:17 : 17 I dwell not among the scorners, neither is my delight therin: but I dwell alone because of thy hande, for thou hast fylled me with bitternesse.
  • Jer 51:50-51 : 50 Ye that haue escaped the sworde, haste you, stande not styl, remember the Lord a farre of, and thynke vpon Hierusalem. 51 For we are ashamed to heare the blasphemies, our faces were couered with shame, because the straunge aliauntes came into the sanctuarie of the Lorde.
  • Lam 1:16 : 16 Therfore do I weepe, and mine eyes gushe out of water: for the comfort that shoulde quicken me is farre fro me, my children are driuen away: for why? the enemie hath gotten the vpper hande.
  • Lam 2:10-11 : 10 The senatours of the daughter Sion sit vpon the grounde in scilence, they haue strawed asshes vpon their heads, and gyrded them selues with sackcloth: the maydens of Hierusalem hang downe their heades to the grounde. 11 Mine eyes begin to fayle me through weeping, my body is disquieted, my liuer is powred vpon the earth for the great hurt of the daughter of my people, seeing the chyldren and babes dyd swowne in the streetes of the citie.
  • Lam 2:18 : 18 Their heart cryed vnto the Lorde, O thou citie of the daughter Sion: let thy teares runne downe like a riuer day and night, rest not, and let not the apple of thyne eye leaue of.
  • Lam 3:48 : 48 Whole riuers of water gushe out of mine eyes for the hurt of my people:
  • Lam 3:51 : 51 Mine eyes breaketh my heart, because of all the daughters of my citie.

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  • Ps 137:2-8
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    2 We hanged our harpes on the Salon trees: in the mydst of it.

    3 For there they that led vs away captiue required of vs some matter of a song: and for our waylynges myrth, saying sing vs one of the songes of Sion.

    4 He aunswered howe can we sing one of the songes of God: in another lande besides our owne?

    5 If I forget thee O Hierusalem: let my right hande forget her cunning.

    6 Let my tongue cleaue to the roofe of my mouth, if I do not remember thee: yea if I preferre not thee O Hierusalem aboue my most myrth.

    7 Remember the chyldren of Edom in the day of Hierusalem: they sayde, downe with it, downe with it, euen to the grounde.

    8 O daughter of Babylon who must lye wasted: happy shall he be that rewardeth thee as thou hast serued vs.

  • Ps 126:1-5
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    1 A song of high degrees. When God shall cause them of Sion that were led into captiuitie for to returne: we shalbe as men that dreamed.

    2 Then shall our mouth be filled with a laughter: and our tongue with a ioyfull noyse. Then shall suche as be amongst the Heathen say: God hath brought great thinges to passe, that he myght do for them.

    3 God hath brought great thinges to passe for vs: we be made merie.

    4 Make vs O God that be led into captiuitie: for to returne as riuers into the south.

    5 They that sowe in teares: shall reape in ioy.

  • Jer 9:18-19
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    18 And sing a mourning song of vs, that the teares may fall out of our eyes, and that our eye liddes may gushe out of water.

    19 For there is a lamentable noyse heard of Sion: O howe are we so sore destroyed? O howe are we so pitiously confounded? We must forsake our owne naturall countrey, and we are shut out of our owne lodginges.

  • 136 Ryuers of waters gushe out of myne eyes: because men kepe not thy lawe.

  • 1 Call to remembraunce (O Lorde) what we haue suffred, consider and see our confusion.

  • Lam 1:1-4
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    1 Alas howe sitteth the citie so desolate, that sometime was full of people? Howe is she become lyke a widow which was great among nations? Howe is she brought vnder tribute that ruled landes?

    2 She weepeth sore in the nyght, so that the teares runne downe her cheekes: for among all her louers there is none that geueth her any comfort, yea her next friendes transgresse agaynst her, and are become her enemies.

    3 Iuda went away by reason of the affliction and great bondage: she dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth no rest, all they that persecuted her, toke her in strayte places where she coulde not escape.

    4 The streetes of Sion mourne, because no man cometh no more to the solempne feastes: all her gates are desolate, her priestes make lamentatio, her maydens are carefull, and she her selfe is in great heauinesse.

  • Ps 124:3-5
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    3 Then they had swalowed vs vp quicke: when their wrath was so inflamed against vs.

    4 Then the waters had drowned vs: the running streame had flowed ouer our soule.

    5 Then the waters of the proude: had flowed ouer our soule.

  • 4 And I powred out of me my very heart, remembryng this howe that before tyme I haue passed with a great number, bringyng the vnto the house of the Lord: with a voyce of ioy & prayse, & with a company that kept holy day.

  • 16 Therfore do I weepe, and mine eyes gushe out of water: for the comfort that shoulde quicken me is farre fro me, my children are driuen away: for why? the enemie hath gotten the vpper hande.

  • 31 My harpe is turned to mourning, and my organs into the voyce of them that weepe.

  • 4 And when I hearde these wordes, I sat downe and wept, and mourned certayne dayes, and fasted and prayed before the God of heauen,

  • 21 For the glorious maiestie of the Lorde shall there be present among vs as a place where faire brode riuers and streames are, through the which shall neither galley rowe nor great ship sayle.

  • 7 Nowe Hierusalem remembred in the tyme of her miserie and bare estate all her ioy & pleasure that she hath had in tymes past, seyng her people is brought downe vnder the power of their enemies, and there is no man for to helpe her: her enemies stande lokyng at her, and laugh her Sabbath daies to scorne.

  • 2 Our feete shall stande in thy gates: O Hierusalem.

  • Jer 51:9-10
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    9 We woulde haue made Babylon whole say they, but she is not recouered, therfore wyll we let her alone, and go euery man into his owne countrey: for her iudgement is come into heauen, and is gone vp to the cloudes.

    10 The Lorde hath brought foorth our righteousnesse: and therfore come on, we wyll shewe in Sion the worke of the Lorde our God.

  • 17 And though all this be come vpon vs: yet we do not forget thee, nor shewe our selues to be false in thy couenaunt.

  • 6 Who is he that wyll geue saluation vnto Israel out of Sion? when the Lord wyll reduce his people out of captiuitie, Iacob wyll reioyce, and Israel wyll be glad.

  • 6 My Lorde, my soule is discouraged within me: because I remember thee from the lande of Iordane, and from the litle hyll Hermonim.

  • 7 Who shall geue saluation vnto Israel: out of Sion? When God will deliuer his people out of captiuitie: then wyll Iacob reioyce, and Israel be glad.

  • 7 Therfore the goodes that remayneth in Moab, and the riches therof, they shall cary to the brooke of wyllowes.

  • 14 Why prolong we the time? Let vs gather our selues together, and go into the strong citie, there shall we be in rest: for the Lorde our God hath put vs to scilence, and geuen vs water mixt with gall to drinke, because we haue sinned against hym.

  • Lam 5:15-16
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    15 The ioy of our heart is gone, our melodious meeting is turned into mourning.

    16 The garlande of our head is fallen: alas that euer we sinned so sore.

  • 9 Therfore wyll I mourne for Iazer, and for the vine of Sibma, I wyl poure my teares vpon thee O Hesbon and Eleale: for the crye of thyne enemies is fallen vpon thy sommer fruites, and vpon thy haruest.

  • 48 Whole riuers of water gushe out of mine eyes for the hurt of my people:

  • 1 A song of high degrees. O God be mindfull of Dauid: with all his affliction.

  • 9 Be glad O thou desolate Hierusalem, and reioyce together: for the Lord hath comforted his people, he hath deliuered Hierusalem.

  • 1 O who wyll geue my head water inough, and a wel of teares for mine eyes, that I may weepe night and day for the slaughter of my people?

  • 4 We are fayne to drinke our owne water for money, and our owne wood must we buy for money.

  • 4 Yet the fludde by his ryuers shall make glad the citie of God: the holy place of the tabernacles of the most hyghest.

  • 7 Saue thy selfe O Sion, thou that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon:

  • 18 The Lorde is righteous, for I haue prouoked his countenaunce vnto anger, O take heede all ye people and consider my heauinesse, my maydens and my young men are led away into captiuitie.

  • 9 For we were bondmen, and yet our God hath not forsaken vs in our bondage, but hath enclined mercie vnto vs in the sight of the king of Persia, to geue vs lyfe to set vp the house of our God, and to redresse the desolation therof, and to geue vs a wall in Iuda and Hierusalem.