Psalm 137
1 By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down and wept, When we remembered Zion. 2 Upon the willows in the midst of it We hung our harps. 3 For there our captors demanded of us songs, And our tormentors mirth, saying, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion.” 4 How can we sing YHVH’s song In a foreign land? 5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem, May my right hand forget her skill. 6 May my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, If I do not remember you, If I do not exalt Jerusalem Above my chief joy. 7 Remember, O YHVH, against the sons of Edom The day of Jerusalem, Who said, “Raze it, raze it, To its very foundation.” 8 O daughter of Babylon, you devastated one, How blessed will be the one who repays you With the recompense with which you have repaid us. 9 How blessed will be the one who seizes and dashes your little ones Against the rock. Psalm 137 NASB
Colorful fabrics are available just waiting to adorn the people of Jerusalem
Fabulously hand-woven carpets in a back room of a shop just inside Damascus Gate
fresh produce mound on every plate in a land flowing with milk and honey.
Zatar (biblical Hyssop) is the main spice of the middle east as it Safran for delicately flavoring rice.
Lamb kebabs for lunch to balance the Israeli salad.
