Christians, how do you explain THIS? Primarily the last part?

Question

7 Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof. 8 O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; [2] 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. [3]

Oh, I'm sorry, this is Psalm 137 of the Holy Bible.

Answer 1

You are only quoting part of the Psalm. You must read it all. It is a very beautiful Psalm. And there are modern songs made from it. One is "by the Rivers of Babylon". The Jewish people are pining for their homeland. It is about the Babylonian captivity. It is a song of despair, depression and anger. They are pouring out their feelings. It doesn't mean that God is going to do these things.

My version has the last part as:

O Babylon, destroyer,
he is happy who repays you
the ills you brought on us.
He shall seize and shall dash
your children on the rock.

Answer 2

Here is your answer
It is written, the words are clear english, and the words of the bible are pure words expressing revenge and a day of judgement, are you so dense that you cannot figure it out, or is it that you are so uncharitable you must try and find something that you think can be used by you to promote your views and as a weapon against good bible respecting people. Which is it? Because it seems to me like there is no excuse for such proud imbecility unless you are a legitimate idiot, then I pity you.
You have very poor reading comprehension, no other explanation is necessary..

Explain your-self , to God. This you will do and will have to give an account .But you wont be able to, you wont be able to stand and your tongue will dry up in your mouth, you will be a riddle to yourself, and God knows you better than you know yourself.

"O how the heathen rage and the people imagine a vain thing against the Lord and against His Anointed."
Blessed be the Name of the Lord.
Call upon the Name of the Lord and you shall be saved for He is your Savior O vain man.He alone shall shelter you from your sins and save you from the due penaly of your errors, call upon the one with blood stained garments.

Answer 3

If you take this passage in a literal sense... Jerusalem has been destroyed and rebuilt countless times. Well not countless, but many times. Theoretically this could have been speaking of an earlier time when Jerusalem was to be destroyed- perhaps some beleive for a reason only known to God.

I'm not Christian, and I beleive most bible verses aren't to be taken literally. This passage for example could have been intended to mean something completely different than what you are interpreting it mean.

Answer 4

At least tell us it is psalm 137.

This psalm was used in the musical Godspell - useles trivia.


You have lost a war - a 6 month siege where food was so scarce, canniblism came about. The people were peaceful and did not want to harm their captors, but they still were a bit annoyed, so they wrote a song hoping that justice would be served. You know - you reap what you sow

your avatar scares me

Answer 5

I read where a psychic said Hi to a buddha statue that was given to her
one day. She felt something wrong and looked back, and a ball of light had
come out of it, and was following her. She said it felt "evil"!
That makes me wonder about the rules not to take anything from
cities that were conquered in the old days. Could things have had negative spiritual energies attached to them that could make one sick spiritually?
Could it be possible to save someones soul from being drawn into hell,
by ending their physical life before they get too corrupted?
I'm not suggesting that. Just answering your question.

Answer 6

A serious cry for justification. Good job of taking it out of context.

Answer 7

haha