Hymnal: The Psalter #380 (1912) Meter: 10.10.10.10 First Line: By Babel's riverside we sat in tears Lyrics: 1 By Babel's riverside we sat in tears,
Rememb'ring Zion's pride in former years,
While on the weeping willows there were hung
The harps our grief had silenced and unstrung.
2 For they who led us there a captive throng
Required that we prepare for them a song;
Yea, there our captives asked for mirth and praise,
Required a song of Zion's happy days.
3 O how shall we thus sing at their command
Songs of the Lord, our King, in this strange land?
O Zion, if I e'er forget thy woe,
Let my right hand its skill no longer know.
4 Yea, let my tongue, i pray, all silent be,
If I do not alway remember thee;
If I prefer not thee, thought in thy grief,
Above all other joys my very chief.
Topics: Afflictions Complaint of; Aspirations For Church Priveleges; Church Afflicted; Church Beloved of Saints; House of God Longed for and Loved; The Wicked Separation from Scripture: Psalm 137 Languages: English Tune Title: BENEDICTION
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