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Ps 137:1-9.
英文原文
Ps 137:1-9.
This Psalm records the mourning of the captive Israelites, and a prayer and prediction respecting the destruction of their enemies.
1. rivers of Babylon--the name of the city used for the whole country.
remembered Zion--or, Jerusalem, as in
Ps 132:13.
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2. 在柳树上（upon the willows）——柳树当时或曾生长于此，即使如今不再；正如棕榈树曾经常见，如今在巴勒斯坦却已稀少。
英文原文
2. upon the willows--which may have grown there then, if not now; as the palm, which was once common, is now rare in Palestine.
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3, 4. 无论是出诸好奇还是讥诮，回答都暗示顺从与他们悲哀的心情不合
（Pr 25:20）。
英文原文
3, 4. Whether the request was in curiosity or derision, the answer intimates that a compliance was incongruous with their mournful feelings
(Pr 25:20).
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5, 6. 因为欢乐的歌意味着对荒凉之家和已堕落的教会的忘记。对手和舌若如此忘记的庄严咒诅，涉及弹奏的巧技和歌唱的能力。
英文原文
5, 6. For joyful songs would imply forgetfulness of their desolated homes and fallen Church. The solemn imprecations on the hand and tongue, if thus forgetful, relate to the cunning or skill in playing, and the power of singing.
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7-9. 记念……以东的子孙——（比较
Ps 132:1）， 即要惩罚。
耶路撒冷的日子——指其倾覆
(La 4:21, 22; Ob 11-13)。
英文原文
7-9. Remember . . . the children of Edom--(Compare
Ps 132:1),
that is, to punish.
the day of Jerusalem--its downfall
(La 4:21, 22; Ob 11-13).
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8. 巴比伦的女子——指那民
(Ps 9:13)。
他们的毁灭已被充分预言
(Isa 13:14; Jer 51:23)。 至于那毁灭的可怖，要由神公义的审判负责，而非由愤怒以色列人的情绪负责。
英文原文
8. daughter of Babylon--the people
(Ps 9:13).
Their destruction had been abundantly foretold
(Isa 13:14; Jer 51:23).
For the terribleness of that destruction, God's righteous judgment, and not the passions of the chafed Israelites, was responsible.
Ps 137:1-9.
本篇记述了被掳以色列人的哀伤，以及关于仇敌灭亡的祷告和预言。
1. 巴比伦河——以城名代表全国。
追想锡安——或作耶路撒冷，如
Ps 132:13。