Talk:Psalm 137

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The Neville Brothers "By the Water of Babylon[edit]

The Neville Brothers of New Orleans recorded a version of "By the Waters of Babylon" which is especially meaningful after the city's evacuation following the floods of the 2005 hurricane season.66.157.39.242 17:00, 5 January 2007 (UTC)A Freedman[reply]

Unverified Claim NPOV[edit]

Removed line stating "May the Lord bless everyone who beats your children against the rocks!" causing controversy for the bible's credibility.[opinion needs balancing]" . The assertion needs backing up. Where exactly has it caused controversy?- --Chopz 19:54, 2 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Example[edit]

"On the Willows" from Godspell is Psalm 137:2-4 set to music. Is that an example or does it have to be the whole psalm to count? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.172.164.47 (talk) 05:52, 4 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

In the list of the many musical settings of parts of this psalms, one of the best known and most important is not mentioned

Composer: Dvorak One of the Biblical Songs.

By the waters of Babylon

Dorothy Barnhouse — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dorbarn76 (talk • contribs) 18:56, 19 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Dramatic Irony?[edit]

Has it been considered that, rather than not doing what the masters required (presumably on pain of death), that this psalm is the song of Zion sung in a strange land, but the overseers, not understanding the Jews’ language, are unaware that the song of Zion is about vengeance on the captors? A completely ironic situation. Hickmansr (talk) 05:20, 4 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Placement in the Roman psalter[edit]

There is no evidence cited for the claim that the Benedictine psalter influenced the placement in the Roman psalter. The sentence should be modified to simply reflect that the psalm is on the same day of the week in both. Johnnygoesmarchinghome (talk) 02:00, 11 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]