Author: Ewald Bash, 1924- Hymnal: The Book of Praise #98 (1997) Meter: 8.7.8.7 Lyrics: 1 By the Babylonian rivers
we sat down in grief and wept,
hung our harps upon a willow,
mourned for Zion while we slept.
2 There our captors in derision
did require of us a song;
so we sat with staring vision
and the days were hard and long.
3 How shall we sing songs of Zion
in a strange and bitter land?
Can our voices veil the sorrow?
O God, hear your lonely band. Topics: Discouragement / Despair; Exile; Lament; Loneliness; Metrical Psalms; Tears / Weeping; Zion Scripture: Psalm 137:1-4 Languages: English Tune Title: LATVIAN MELODY
By the Babylonian rivers