Psalm 137
42 views · Published 11 March 2018 · 2:59 · Indexed 25 October 2026
Channel: J. Oconer Navarro · 2018 · Music
Composed for the 515 Young Adult Mass at The Church of St. Paul the Apostle in New York City 03.11.18, Fourth Sunday of Lent -- Psalm 137: 1-2, 3, 4-5, 6. Let my tongue be silenced, if I ever forget you! By the streams of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion. On the aspens of that land we hung up our harps. For there our captors asked of us the lyrics of our songs, And our despoilers urged us to be joyous: “Sing for us the songs of Zion!” How could we sing a song of the LORD in a foreign land? If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand be forgotten! May my tongue cleave to my palate if I remember you not, If I place not Jerusalem ahead of my joy.
