Psalms 137:6. If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth;-
They said it each one for himself; they would sooner be dumb than sing these sacred songs for the amusement of the ungodly revelers who had gathered round about them. Instead of a song, they offered a prayer which must have sounded terribly in the ears of those who mocked them; it was a fierce prayer, - a prayer made under a very different dispensation from that under which we live, - a prayer by a patriot who had seen his wife murdered, and his children dashed to pieces, and he prays thus: -
Psalms 137:6. If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth;-
They said it each one for himself; they would sooner be dumb than sing these sacred songs for the amusement of the ungodly revelers who had gathered round about them. Instead of a song, they offered a prayer which must have sounded terribly in the ears of those who mocked them; it was a fierce prayer, - a prayer made under a very different dispensation from that under which we live, - a prayer by a patriot who had seen his wife murdered, and his children dashed to pieces, and he prays thus: -