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Hymns: RHC 387 I Need Thee Every Hour, 388 O For a Closer Walk, 284 Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus PSALM 145 1 David’sPsalmof praise. I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever. …

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Hymns: RHC 482 I Will Sing of the Mercies of the Lord 485 The Lord Is Good, 432 How Good Is the God We Adore 454 Make Me a Blessing Psalm 106 1 Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; …

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Hymns: RHC 237 Revive Us Again, 240 Breathe on Me, Breath of God, 243 The Comforter Has Come

Psalm 137

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 they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of usmirth, saying, Sing us oneof the songs of Zion. 4 How shall we sing the Lord’S song in a strange land? 5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. 6 If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy. 7 Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, evento the foundation thereof. 8 O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. 9 Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones. Psalm 137:1-9 (KJV)

BY THE RIVERS OF BABYLON

OUTLINE

(1) The Captive’s Sorrow (v1-2)

(2) The Captive’s Silence (v3-6)

(3) The Captive’s Supplication (v7-9)

INTRODUCTION

The 70 years of Israel’s exile in Babylon were soul searching years. Banished as a nation because of their waywardness and backsliding, when they departed from their God to worship idols. God’s repeated plea were not heeded, finally God acted to sent chastisement – Hebrews 12:5-8 “And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.”

Hymns: RHC 423 Follow, I Will Follow Thee, 432 How Good Is the God We Adore, 532 Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us

Psalm 128

KJV Psalm 128:1 Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways. 2For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee. 3Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table. 4Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD. 5The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life. 6Yea, thou shalt see thy children’s children, and peace upon Israel. (Ps. 128:1-6 KJV)