The Psalter ‎#380

380. Remembrance of Church Priveleges

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.

Text Information

• First Line: By Babel's riverside we sat in tears
• Title: Remembrance of Church Priveleges
• Meter: 10s
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1912
• Scripture:
  Psalm 137
• Topic: Afflictions: Complaint of; Aspirations: For Church Priveleges; Church: Afflicted; Church: Beloved of Saints; House of God: Longed for and Loved; The Wicked: Separation from

Tune Information

• Name: BENEDICTION
• Composer: Edward J. Hopkins
• Meter: 10s
• Key: A♭ Major