Sabbath School with Mark Finley | Lesson 5 - Q1- 2024
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- Sabbath School lessons are part of the worldwide study undertaken by members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, and we are currently in the first quarter of 2024. We'll be delving into the book of Psalms, and the Sabbath School lesson for this week is titled 'Singing the Lord’s Song in a Strange Land' for the period January 27 to February 02. Join Pastor Mark Finley as he provides a brief preview of this week's lesson.
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I'm always in front of my pc waiting to be notified. It's such a blessing listening to you. God bless you Pastor
Makes 2 of us. Such simple clarification.. 😊
Wow! May God bless you as you grow in truth.
God help me to look up to You, and not down on my problems.
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Thank you Pastor Mark. Beautiful and inspiring reminder to us to always lift our eyes and hearts up to God in the midst of trouble, strife and heartache. He is always there.
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Thank you Pastor Mark, I love Psalms & your explanation of Gods words 😊 this quarter 🙌
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Thank you for your thoughts and for sharing the beautiful Hope we have in God … how I long to be Home with Jesus.
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thank you pastor mark...god bless you more...pilipino in canada
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Pastor be blessed for these lessons from our study guides
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One day God will come to put an end to evil. That is good news. Save us Lord. You are Mighty and Powerful
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Thank you dear brother, may the Lord bless you and your Colleagues in General Conference. ❤
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I have enjoyed the lessons. So clear and naked up by the word of God. I adk that you please keep me in prayer. I will be having heart surgery Feb 1 2023. I pray God continues to put his word in my heart and allows me to continue to share with others. Many blessings your way.
We will pray for you.
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Have been meditating on the psalms also🙏🙏May the good Lord bless y'all 🙏
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Thank you Jesus for your word God bless you Pastor Mark for this amazing lesson study I have been truly blessed Please pray for me and my Family Amen and Amen 🙏🖐️
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One day there will be an end to all the wickedness, suffering, diseases
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Thank you Pastor Mark for explaining the lesson so clearly that I and many others can understand the Word of God 🙂
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Perfect; just started looking at this Sabb study and this is just the way I need to understand each Psalms.
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What a comforting and reassuring word today!
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On front line, His presence is very strong and real, even w/o mental knowledge of it. When trying to learn, don’t feel it, odd. Been down due to all the back/hip pain, can’t sit for years, making teaching others more difficult. Lost looking upward.
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But I've got a question : How did David write about the situation of Israeli captives in Babylon while He died before the destruction of Jerusalem ? Was David pointing to the future?
Thank you for your questions regarding Psalm 137. It is obvious that I was unclear and misspoke. This Psalm was not written by David. David was the second ruler of the united kingdom of ancient Israel and Judah in 1000 BCE. Nebuchadnezzar conquered Jerusalem and took Daniel and his friends captive in 606/605BCE and returned to burn and pillage the city in 587BCE. Jeremiah predicted the seventy-year captivity that would have begun in 605BCE (Jer. 25:1, 9-13)). The Medes and Persians conquered Babylon in 539BCE bringing the seventy- year captivity to an end with the decree of Cyrus to allow the Jews to return to Jerusalem.
Psalm 137 would have been written at the end of their captivity reflected back on the hardships of their time in Babylon. It states, “By the rivers of Babylon (Tigris and Euphrates) there we sat down and yea we wept when we remembered Zion.”(Psalm 137:1) The past tense may indicate that their captivity was over and they were reflecting on their heart longing for their homeland. The Psalm continues with the taunts of their enemies saying, “ Sing us one of the songs of Zion” and their response, “ how can we sing the Lord’s song in a foreign land.”(Psalm 137:3,4)
Ellen White makes this insightful comment on Psalm 137:
"Not all who were carried away into Babylonian captivity by the great king Nebuchadnezzar had been condemned and rejected by the Lord. This the records very clearly show. How many innocent, faithful ones were among the captives is not known. But of the devotion and loyalty of some, we have this beautiful testimony: AGP 144.1
“By the rivers of Babylon,
There we sat down, yea, we wept,
When we remembered Zion.
Upon the willows in the midst thereof
We hanged up our harps.
For there they that led us captive required of us songs,
And they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying,
Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
How shall we sing Jehovah’s song
In a foreign land?” Psalm 137:1-4, A. R. V.
Although in captivity in a heathen kingdom, with small prospect of living long enough to return to their cherished land and city and sacred sanctuary, they declared their eternal loyalty to their Lord."
One scholar states, “Psalm 137 overwhelmingly displays the torment brought on by the Babylonian Captivity and while an exact date of its writing is not known, a large number of scholars believe it was composed near the end of the exile, before any of the Israelites were allowed to return to Jerusalem, following the edict of Cyrus. However, some scholars believe it was written shortly after the first wave of Jews returned to Jerusalem but before Babylon was destroyed.” Matthew Henry adds, “There are divers psalms which are thought to have been penned in the latter days of the Jewish church, when prophecy was near expiring and the canon of the Old Testament ready to be closed up, but none of them appears so plainly to be of a late date as this, which was penned when the people of God were captives in Babylon, and there insulted over by these proud oppressors; probably it was towards the latter end of their captivity; for now they saw the destruction of Babylon hastening on apace (v. 8), which would be their discharge. It is a mournful psalm, a lamentation; and the Septuagint makes it one of the lamentations of Jeremiah, naming him for the author of it. Here I. The melancholy captives cannot enjoy themselves (v. 1, 2). II. They cannot humour their proud oppressors (v. 3, 4). III. They cannot forget Jerusalem (v. 5, 6). IV. They cannot forgive Edom and Babylon (v. 7-9). In singing this psalm we must be much affected with the concernments of the church, especially that part of it that is in affliction, laying the sorrows of God's people near our hearts, comforting ourselves in the prospect of the deliverance of the church and the ruin of its enemies, in due time, but carefully avoiding all personal animosities, and not mixing the leaven of malice with our sacrifices.”
Once again thank you for your questions and I trust that this short explanation answers your questions and clears up any misunderstanding. May our wonderful Lord bless your life abundantly this week.
Pastor Mark
Frate Mark îmi scrieți am fost la biserica și a fost frumos in sabat a fos frumos și cântările și predica
May God bless you.
Pastor Mark,
Wasn’t David dead by this time? I thought it was likely Jeremiah who wrote Psalms 137… ?
That makes a lot of sense
Thank you for your questions regarding Psalm 137. It is obvious that I was unclear and misspoke. This Psalm was not written by David. David was the second ruler of the united kingdom of ancient Israel and Judah in 1000 BCE. Nebuchadnezzar conquered Jerusalem and took Daniel and his friends captive in 606/605BCE and returned to burn and pillage the city in 587BCE. Jeremiah predicted the seventy-year captivity that would have begun in 605BCE (Jer. 25:1, 9-13)). The Medes and Persians conquered Babylon in 539BCE bringing the seventy- year captivity to an end with the decree of Cyrus to allow the Jews to return to Jerusalem.
Psalm 137 would have been written at the end of their captivity reflected back on the hardships of their time in Babylon. It states, “By the rivers of Babylon (Tigris and Euphrates) there we sat down and yea we wept when we remembered Zion.”(Psalm 137:1) The past tense may indicate that their captivity was over and they were reflecting on their heart longing for their homeland. The Psalm continues with the taunts of their enemies saying, “ Sing us one of the songs of Zion” and their response, “ how can we sing the Lord’s song in a foreign land.”(Psalm 137:3,4)
Ellen White makes this insightful comment on Psalm 137:
"Not all who were carried away into Babylonian captivity by the great king Nebuchadnezzar had been condemned and rejected by the Lord. This the records very clearly show. How many innocent, faithful ones were among the captives is not known. But of the devotion and loyalty of some, we have this beautiful testimony: AGP 144.1
“By the rivers of Babylon,
There we sat down, yea, we wept,
When we remembered Zion.
Upon the willows in the midst thereof
We hanged up our harps.
For there they that led us captive required of us songs,
And they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying,
Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
How shall we sing Jehovah’s song
In a foreign land?” Psalm 137:1-4, A. R. V.
Although in captivity in a heathen kingdom, with small prospect of living long enough to return to their cherished land and city and sacred sanctuary, they declared their eternal loyalty to their Lord."
One scholar states, “Psalm 137 overwhelmingly displays the torment brought on by the Babylonian Captivity and while an exact date of its writing is not known, a large number of scholars believe it was composed near the end of the exile, before any of the Israelites were allowed to return to Jerusalem, following the edict of Cyrus. However, some scholars believe it was written shortly after the first wave of Jews returned to Jerusalem but before Babylon was destroyed.” Matthew Henry adds, “There are divers psalms which are thought to have been penned in the latter days of the Jewish church, when prophecy was near expiring and the canon of the Old Testament ready to be closed up, but none of them appears so plainly to be of a late date as this, which was penned when the people of God were captives in Babylon, and there insulted over by these proud oppressors; probably it was towards the latter end of their captivity; for now they saw the destruction of Babylon hastening on apace (v. 8), which would be their discharge. It is a mournful psalm, a lamentation; and the Septuagint makes it one of the lamentations of Jeremiah, naming him for the author of it. Here I. The melancholy captives cannot enjoy themselves (v. 1, 2). II. They cannot humour their proud oppressors (v. 3, 4). III. They cannot forget Jerusalem (v. 5, 6). IV. They cannot forgive Edom and Babylon (v. 7-9). In singing this psalm we must be much affected with the concernments of the church, especially that part of it that is in affliction, laying the sorrows of God's people near our hearts, comforting ourselves in the prospect of the deliverance of the church and the ruin of its enemies, in due time, but carefully avoiding all personal animosities, and not mixing the leaven of malice with our sacrifices.”
Once again thank you for your questions and I trust that this short explanation answers your questions and clears up any misunderstanding. May our wonderful Lord bless your life abundantly this week.
Pastor Mark
Dear Ps Mark. I watch the lesson study weekly, more than once. I really enjoy every lesson. Thanks. Can you please just clarify. Babylonian exile is around 600BC and David lived around 1000BC. So most likely David didn’t write the psalm as he was long dead. The author is unknown, but had to have lived during the exile in Babylon. Thanks and be blessed
Thank you for your questions regarding Psalm 137. It is obvious that I was unclear and misspoke. This Psalm was not written by David. David was the second ruler of the united kingdom of ancient Israel and Judah in 1000 BCE. Nebuchadnezzar conquered Jerusalem and took Daniel and his friends captive in 606/605BCE and returned to burn and pillage the city in 587BCE. Jeremiah predicted the seventy-year captivity that would have begun in 605BCE (Jer. 25:1, 9-13)). The Medes and Persians conquered Babylon in 539BCE bringing the seventy- year captivity to an end with the decree of Cyrus to allow the Jews to return to Jerusalem.
Psalm 137 would have been written at the end of their captivity reflected back on the hardships of their time in Babylon. It states, “By the rivers of Babylon (Tigris and Euphrates) there we sat down and yea we wept when we remembered Zion.”(Psalm 137:1) The past tense may indicate that their captivity was over and they were reflecting on their heart longing for their homeland. The Psalm continues with the taunts of their enemies saying, “ Sing us one of the songs of Zion” and their response, “ how can we sing the Lord’s song in a foreign land.”(Psalm 137:3,4)
Ellen White makes this insightful comment on Psalm 137:
"Not all who were carried away into Babylonian captivity by the great king Nebuchadnezzar had been condemned and rejected by the Lord. This the records very clearly show. How many innocent, faithful ones were among the captives is not known. But of the devotion and loyalty of some, we have this beautiful testimony: AGP 144.1
“By the rivers of Babylon,
There we sat down, yea, we wept,
When we remembered Zion.
Upon the willows in the midst thereof
We hanged up our harps.
For there they that led us captive required of us songs,
And they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying,
Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
How shall we sing Jehovah’s song
In a foreign land?” Psalm 137:1-4, A. R. V.
Although in captivity in a heathen kingdom, with small prospect of living long enough to return to their cherished land and city and sacred sanctuary, they declared their eternal loyalty to their Lord."
One scholar states, “Psalm 137 overwhelmingly displays the torment brought on by the Babylonian Captivity and while an exact date of its writing is not known, a large number of scholars believe it was composed near the end of the exile, before any of the Israelites were allowed to return to Jerusalem, following the edict of Cyrus. However, some scholars believe it was written shortly after the first wave of Jews returned to Jerusalem but before Babylon was destroyed.” Matthew Henry adds, “There are divers psalms which are thought to have been penned in the latter days of the Jewish church, when prophecy was near expiring and the canon of the Old Testament ready to be closed up, but none of them appears so plainly to be of a late date as this, which was penned when the people of God were captives in Babylon, and there insulted over by these proud oppressors; probably it was towards the latter end of their captivity; for now they saw the destruction of Babylon hastening on apace (v. 8), which would be their discharge. It is a mournful psalm, a lamentation; and the Septuagint makes it one of the lamentations of Jeremiah, naming him for the author of it. Here I. The melancholy captives cannot enjoy themselves (v. 1, 2). II. They cannot humour their proud oppressors (v. 3, 4). III. They cannot forget Jerusalem (v. 5, 6). IV. They cannot forgive Edom and Babylon (v. 7-9). In singing this psalm we must be much affected with the concernments of the church, especially that part of it that is in affliction, laying the sorrows of God's people near our hearts, comforting ourselves in the prospect of the deliverance of the church and the ruin of its enemies, in due time, but carefully avoiding all personal animosities, and not mixing the leaven of malice with our sacrifices.”
Once again thank you for your questions and I trust that this short explanation answers your questions and clears up any misunderstanding. May our wonderful Lord bless your life abundantly this week.
Pastor Mark
Thanks Ps Mark. Appreciated
Why is it that only pastors and ordained elders can present the Lords supper. We do not have one of the above. Thus, I feel we miss out on something very special.
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which one is the Lord's song? I see man's songs to the Lord, all emerging from their given situations and their reactions to those situations, according to their own views of the divine (most right, and 1 or 2 wrong, based on their knowledge of God).
Not sure I don't understand.
Is David Who write this song?
How can He do that, considering He lives long time in The past?
Thank you for your questions regarding Psalm 137. It is obvious that I was unclear and misspoke. This Psalm was not written by David. David was the second ruler of the united kingdom of ancient Israel and Judah in 1000 BCE. Nebuchadnezzar conquered Jerusalem and took Daniel and his friends captive in 606/605BCE and returned to burn and pillage the city in 587BCE. Jeremiah predicted the seventy-year captivity that would have begun in 605BCE (Jer. 25:1, 9-13)). The Medes and Persians conquered Babylon in 539BCE bringing the seventy- year captivity to an end with the decree of Cyrus to allow the Jews to return to Jerusalem.
Psalm 137 would have been written at the end of their captivity reflected back on the hardships of their time in Babylon. It states, “By the rivers of Babylon (Tigris and Euphrates) there we sat down and yea we wept when we remembered Zion.”(Psalm 137:1) The past tense may indicate that their captivity was over and they were reflecting on their heart longing for their homeland. The Psalm continues with the taunts of their enemies saying, “ Sing us one of the songs of Zion” and their response, “ how can we sing the Lord’s song in a foreign land.”(Psalm 137:3,4)
Ellen White makes this insightful comment on Psalm 137:
"Not all who were carried away into Babylonian captivity by the great king Nebuchadnezzar had been condemned and rejected by the Lord. This the records very clearly show. How many innocent, faithful ones were among the captives is not known. But of the devotion and loyalty of some, we have this beautiful testimony: AGP 144.1
“By the rivers of Babylon,
There we sat down, yea, we wept,
When we remembered Zion.
Upon the willows in the midst thereof
We hanged up our harps.
For there they that led us captive required of us songs,
And they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying,
Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
How shall we sing Jehovah’s song
In a foreign land?” Psalm 137:1-4, A. R. V.
Although in captivity in a heathen kingdom, with small prospect of living long enough to return to their cherished land and city and sacred sanctuary, they declared their eternal loyalty to their Lord."
One scholar states, “Psalm 137 overwhelmingly displays the torment brought on by the Babylonian Captivity and while an exact date of its writing is not known, a large number of scholars believe it was composed near the end of the exile, before any of the Israelites were allowed to return to Jerusalem, following the edict of Cyrus. However, some scholars believe it was written shortly after the first wave of Jews returned to Jerusalem but before Babylon was destroyed.” Matthew Henry adds, “There are divers psalms which are thought to have been penned in the latter days of the Jewish church, when prophecy was near expiring and the canon of the Old Testament ready to be closed up, but none of them appears so plainly to be of a late date as this, which was penned when the people of God were captives in Babylon, and there insulted over by these proud oppressors; probably it was towards the latter end of their captivity; for now they saw the destruction of Babylon hastening on apace (v. 8), which would be their discharge. It is a mournful psalm, a lamentation; and the Septuagint makes it one of the lamentations of Jeremiah, naming him for the author of it. Here I. The melancholy captives cannot enjoy themselves (v. 1, 2). II. They cannot humour their proud oppressors (v. 3, 4). III. They cannot forget Jerusalem (v. 5, 6). IV. They cannot forgive Edom and Babylon (v. 7-9). In singing this psalm we must be much affected with the concernments of the church, especially that part of it that is in affliction, laying the sorrows of God's people near our hearts, comforting ourselves in the prospect of the deliverance of the church and the ruin of its enemies, in due time, but carefully avoiding all personal animosities, and not mixing the leaven of malice with our sacrifices.”
Once again thank you for your questions and I trust that this short explanation answers your questions and clears up any misunderstanding. May our wonderful Lord bless your life abundantly this week.
Pastor Mark
Ok, thank you for answer.
May GOD still blessing you!!
Well taught. Important message. Needed that, when suffering, it doesn’t mean God is against us. Front line work, one wonders why all the suffering. So when serving Him, we suffer, a norm, a part of walking with Him. With all the abuse at church, it makes new pp believe God is hate.
May God bless your front line work.
Wonderful lesson, however I think you will find that David wasn't the author of Ps 137
Thank you for your questions regarding Psalm 137. It is obvious that I was unclear and misspoke. This Psalm was not written by David. David was the second ruler of the united kingdom of ancient Israel and Judah in 1000 BCE. Nebuchadnezzar conquered Jerusalem and took Daniel and his friends captive in 606/605BCE and returned to burn and pillage the city in 587BCE. Jeremiah predicted the seventy-year captivity that would have begun in 605BCE (Jer. 25:1, 9-13)). The Medes and Persians conquered Babylon in 539BCE bringing the seventy- year captivity to an end with the decree of Cyrus to allow the Jews to return to Jerusalem.
Psalm 137 would have been written at the end of their captivity reflected back on the hardships of their time in Babylon. It states, “By the rivers of Babylon (Tigris and Euphrates) there we sat down and yea we wept when we remembered Zion.”(Psalm 137:1) The past tense may indicate that their captivity was over and they were reflecting on their heart longing for their homeland. The Psalm continues with the taunts of their enemies saying, “ Sing us one of the songs of Zion” and their response, “ how can we sing the Lord’s song in a foreign land.”(Psalm 137:3,4)
Ellen White makes this insightful comment on Psalm 137:
"Not all who were carried away into Babylonian captivity by the great king Nebuchadnezzar had been condemned and rejected by the Lord. This the records very clearly show. How many innocent, faithful ones were among the captives is not known. But of the devotion and loyalty of some, we have this beautiful testimony: AGP 144.1
“By the rivers of Babylon,
There we sat down, yea, we wept,
When we remembered Zion.
Upon the willows in the midst thereof
We hanged up our harps.
For there they that led us captive required of us songs,
And they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying,
Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
How shall we sing Jehovah’s song
In a foreign land?” Psalm 137:1-4, A. R. V.
Although in captivity in a heathen kingdom, with small prospect of living long enough to return to their cherished land and city and sacred sanctuary, they declared their eternal loyalty to their Lord."
One scholar states, “Psalm 137 overwhelmingly displays the torment brought on by the Babylonian Captivity and while an exact date of its writing is not known, a large number of scholars believe it was composed near the end of the exile, before any of the Israelites were allowed to return to Jerusalem, following the edict of Cyrus. However, some scholars believe it was written shortly after the first wave of Jews returned to Jerusalem but before Babylon was destroyed.” Matthew Henry adds, “There are divers psalms which are thought to have been penned in the latter days of the Jewish church, when prophecy was near expiring and the canon of the Old Testament ready to be closed up, but none of them appears so plainly to be of a late date as this, which was penned when the people of God were captives in Babylon, and there insulted over by these proud oppressors; probably it was towards the latter end of their captivity; for now they saw the destruction of Babylon hastening on apace (v. 8), which would be their discharge. It is a mournful psalm, a lamentation; and the Septuagint makes it one of the lamentations of Jeremiah, naming him for the author of it. Here I. The melancholy captives cannot enjoy themselves (v. 1, 2). II. They cannot humour their proud oppressors (v. 3, 4). III. They cannot forget Jerusalem (v. 5, 6). IV. They cannot forgive Edom and Babylon (v. 7-9). In singing this psalm we must be much affected with the concernments of the church, especially that part of it that is in affliction, laying the sorrows of God's people near our hearts, comforting ourselves in the prospect of the deliverance of the church and the ruin of its enemies, in due time, but carefully avoiding all personal animosities, and not mixing the leaven of malice with our sacrifices.”
Once again thank you for your questions and I trust that this short explanation answers your questions and clears up any misunderstanding. May our wonderful Lord bless your life abundantly this week.
Pastor Mark
@@HL365 Thank you Pastor Mark for your detailed response!
I too believe that there must have been many faithful Hebrews taken captive, those who had the 'mark' on their foreheads that God talks about in Ezekiel 9:4.
May our amazing God bless you, your family and your ministry,.as well as everyone involved in Hope Lives. And have a wonderful Sabbath.
Your friend, Patrice
David was not the author of all the Psalms in this lesson
Thank you for your questions regarding Psalm 137. It is obvious that I was unclear and misspoke. This Psalm was not written by David. David was the second ruler of the united kingdom of ancient Israel and Judah in 1000 BCE. Nebuchadnezzar conquered Jerusalem and took Daniel and his friends captive in 606/605BCE and returned to burn and pillage the city in 587BCE. Jeremiah predicted the seventy-year captivity that would have begun in 605BCE (Jer. 25:1, 9-13)). The Medes and Persians conquered Babylon in 539BCE bringing the seventy- year captivity to an end with the decree of Cyrus to allow the Jews to return to Jerusalem.
Psalm 137 would have been written at the end of their captivity reflected back on the hardships of their time in Babylon. It states, “By the rivers of Babylon (Tigris and Euphrates) there we sat down and yea we wept when we remembered Zion.”(Psalm 137:1) The past tense may indicate that their captivity was over and they were reflecting on their heart longing for their homeland. The Psalm continues with the taunts of their enemies saying, “ Sing us one of the songs of Zion” and their response, “ how can we sing the Lord’s song in a foreign land.”(Psalm 137:3,4)
Ellen White makes this insightful comment on Psalm 137:
"Not all who were carried away into Babylonian captivity by the great king Nebuchadnezzar had been condemned and rejected by the Lord. This the records very clearly show. How many innocent, faithful ones were among the captives is not known. But of the devotion and loyalty of some, we have this beautiful testimony: AGP 144.1
“By the rivers of Babylon,
There we sat down, yea, we wept,
When we remembered Zion.
Upon the willows in the midst thereof
We hanged up our harps.
For there they that led us captive required of us songs,
And they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying,
Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
How shall we sing Jehovah’s song
In a foreign land?” Psalm 137:1-4, A. R. V.
Although in captivity in a heathen kingdom, with small prospect of living long enough to return to their cherished land and city and sacred sanctuary, they declared their eternal loyalty to their Lord."
One scholar states, “Psalm 137 overwhelmingly displays the torment brought on by the Babylonian Captivity and while an exact date of its writing is not known, a large number of scholars believe it was composed near the end of the exile, before any of the Israelites were allowed to return to Jerusalem, following the edict of Cyrus. However, some scholars believe it was written shortly after the first wave of Jews returned to Jerusalem but before Babylon was destroyed.” Matthew Henry adds, “There are divers psalms which are thought to have been penned in the latter days of the Jewish church, when prophecy was near expiring and the canon of the Old Testament ready to be closed up, but none of them appears so plainly to be of a late date as this, which was penned when the people of God were captives in Babylon, and there insulted over by these proud oppressors; probably it was towards the latter end of their captivity; for now they saw the destruction of Babylon hastening on apace (v. 8), which would be their discharge. It is a mournful psalm, a lamentation; and the Septuagint makes it one of the lamentations of Jeremiah, naming him for the author of it. Here I. The melancholy captives cannot enjoy themselves (v. 1, 2). II. They cannot humour their proud oppressors (v. 3, 4). III. They cannot forget Jerusalem (v. 5, 6). IV. They cannot forgive Edom and Babylon (v. 7-9). In singing this psalm we must be much affected with the concernments of the church, especially that part of it that is in affliction, laying the sorrows of God's people near our hearts, comforting ourselves in the prospect of the deliverance of the church and the ruin of its enemies, in due time, but carefully avoiding all personal animosities, and not mixing the leaven of malice with our sacrifices.”
Once again thank you for your questions and I trust that this short explanation answers your questions and clears up any misunderstanding. May our wonderful Lord bless your life abundantly this week.
Pastor Mark
David is not the author of Psalm 137 because the Babylonian capture happened after was deceased.
Thank you for your questions regarding Psalm 137. It is obvious that I was unclear and misspoke. This Psalm was not written by David. David was the second ruler of the united kingdom of ancient Israel and Judah in 1000 BCE. Nebuchadnezzar conquered Jerusalem and took Daniel and his friends captive in 606/605BCE and returned to burn and pillage the city in 587BCE. Jeremiah predicted the seventy-year captivity that would have begun in 605BCE (Jer. 25:1, 9-13)). The Medes and Persians conquered Babylon in 539BCE bringing the seventy- year captivity to an end with the decree of Cyrus to allow the Jews to return to Jerusalem.
Psalm 137 would have been written at the end of their captivity reflected back on the hardships of their time in Babylon. It states, “By the rivers of Babylon (Tigris and Euphrates) there we sat down and yea we wept when we remembered Zion.”(Psalm 137:1) The past tense may indicate that their captivity was over and they were reflecting on their heart longing for their homeland. The Psalm continues with the taunts of their enemies saying, “ Sing us one of the songs of Zion” and their response, “ how can we sing the Lord’s song in a foreign land.”(Psalm 137:3,4)
Ellen White makes this insightful comment on Psalm 137:
"Not all who were carried away into Babylonian captivity by the great king Nebuchadnezzar had been condemned and rejected by the Lord. This the records very clearly show. How many innocent, faithful ones were among the captives is not known. But of the devotion and loyalty of some, we have this beautiful testimony: AGP 144.1
“By the rivers of Babylon,
There we sat down, yea, we wept,
When we remembered Zion.
Upon the willows in the midst thereof
We hanged up our harps.
For there they that led us captive required of us songs,
And they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying,
Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
How shall we sing Jehovah’s song
In a foreign land?” Psalm 137:1-4, A. R. V.
Although in captivity in a heathen kingdom, with small prospect of living long enough to return to their cherished land and city and sacred sanctuary, they declared their eternal loyalty to their Lord."
One scholar states, “Psalm 137 overwhelmingly displays the torment brought on by the Babylonian Captivity and while an exact date of its writing is not known, a large number of scholars believe it was composed near the end of the exile, before any of the Israelites were allowed to return to Jerusalem, following the edict of Cyrus. However, some scholars believe it was written shortly after the first wave of Jews returned to Jerusalem but before Babylon was destroyed.” Matthew Henry adds, “There are divers psalms which are thought to have been penned in the latter days of the Jewish church, when prophecy was near expiring and the canon of the Old Testament ready to be closed up, but none of them appears so plainly to be of a late date as this, which was penned when the people of God were captives in Babylon, and there insulted over by these proud oppressors; probably it was towards the latter end of their captivity; for now they saw the destruction of Babylon hastening on apace (v. 8), which would be their discharge. It is a mournful psalm, a lamentation; and the Septuagint makes it one of the lamentations of Jeremiah, naming him for the author of it. Here I. The melancholy captives cannot enjoy themselves (v. 1, 2). II. They cannot humour their proud oppressors (v. 3, 4). III. They cannot forget Jerusalem (v. 5, 6). IV. They cannot forgive Edom and Babylon (v. 7-9). In singing this psalm we must be much affected with the concernments of the church, especially that part of it that is in affliction, laying the sorrows of God's people near our hearts, comforting ourselves in the prospect of the deliverance of the church and the ruin of its enemies, in due time, but carefully avoiding all personal animosities, and not mixing the leaven of malice with our sacrifices.”
Once again thank you for your questions and I trust that this short explanation answers your questions and clears up any misunderstanding. May our wonderful Lord bless your life abundantly this week.
Pastor Mark