Thursday, June 01, 2006

If I Forget Thee O Jerusalem ...

The Zion Gate. Note that it is pockmarked with bullet holes from the Six Day War:
PSALM 137:"By the Rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the mist thereof. For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, sing us one of the songs of Zion.


"How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land?

"If I forget thee O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.

Remember O Lord the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem who said raze it, raze it, even to the foundation thereof. O daughter of Babylon who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be that rewardeth thee as thou has served us. Happy shall he be that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones."

On Jerusalem Day, supporters of jailed Israeli agent Jonathan Pollard demonstrate in support of his release from custody in the U.S.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow... History is always more captivating then fiction. You just have to know where to look.

sandy said...

hello!

i would just like to say

thank you very much

sincerely

because you have shown me Jerusalem
in a way i never could have experienced

in dream, or reading from a book
or watching on
National Geographic Channel.


your eyes became mine for a while
and i wept at the beauty of

Jerusalem.



thank you.


sandy

Wendy Marijnissen said...

Hello Richard,
Just checked out your blog as well.
Thanks again for your comment on my photography. This picture of yours I really like too, and it seems you are really enjoying your trip over here.
So good luck on your further travels and have fun.
Best,
Wendy

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