Psalms 137:8
The sun to rule over the day: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
7Who made the great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever.
9The moon and the stars to rule the night: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Cross References
Isaiah 13:1The burden of Babylon, which Isaias the son of Amos saw.
Isaiah 21:1The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds come from the south, it cometh from the desert from a terrible land.
Isaiah 47:1Come down, sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne for the daughter of the Chaldeans, for thou shalt no more be called delicate and tender.
Jeremiah 50:1The word that the Lord hath spoken against Babylon, and against the land of the Chaldeans in the hand of Jeremias the prophet.
Zechariah 2:7O Sion, flee, thou that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon:
Revelation 17:1And there came one of the seven angels, who had the seven vials, and spoke with me, saying: Come, I will shew thee the condemnation of the great harlot, who sitteth upon many waters,
Matthew Henry on Psalms 137:8-9
The Sorrows of Captivity. 7 Remember, O Lord , the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof. 8 O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. 9 Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones. The pious Jews in Babylon, having afflicted themselves with the thoughts of the ruins of Jerusalem, here please themselves with the prospect of the ruin of her impenitent… Read the whole commentary →