Where the Fathers quote Psalms 137

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Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:685…that lies between the rivers of babylon concerning which it is written by the rivers of babylon there we sat and wept when we remembered sion if anyone therefore is among these rivers of babylon if… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:535…god's hymns are idle there therefore it is said through the prophet by the rivers of babylon there we sat and wept when we remembered thee o sion we hanged our harps upon the willows in… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:581…a by the rivers of babylon there we sat and wept when we remembered zion and they shall return from the land of their enemies… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:673…signifies the soul which has fallen into the whirlwinds of this life by the rivers of babylon there we sat and wept while we remembered sion upon the willows in the midst of it we hung… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:763…of zion wept according to that which is written in the psalms by the rivers of babylon there we sat and wept and i know another river whose flowing makes glad the city of god according… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:855C…angels. And that you may know this is true: 'Attend,' he says, 'O heaven, and I will speak' (Deut. XXXII, 1), 'In the sight of the angels I will sing to thee' (Ps. CXXXVII, 1); and: 'Praise, O heavens of heavens, a… Methodius of Olympus d. c. 311PG 18:89…and explain it which pure and inviolate souls sing to god saying by the rivers of babylon there we sat down and wept when we remembered sion on the willows in the midst thereof we hung… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:527…is pure and devoid of sin to david by jeremiah psalm cxxxvi by the rivers of babylon there we sat and wept the account teaches those who would be in babylon many years later on account… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:1273…endureth for ever h psalm of david by jeremiah psalm cxxxvi h by the rivers of babylon there we sat and wept when we remembered sion on the willows in the midst thereof we hung up… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:835…ordered to sing that song by means of instruments they spoke thus by the rivers of babylon there we sat and wept for those who took us captive asked of us the words of a song… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:379…sion and you did not consent and showing these things david said by the rivers of babylon there we sat and wept upon the willows in the midst thereof we hung up our instruments ps that… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:405…s john chrysostom archbishop of constantinople h on psalm cxxxvi h by the rivers of babylon there we sat down yea we wept when we remembered zion great is the longing of men for the… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:565…sufferings only but he also dramatized the misfortunes of others for instance by the rivers of babylon there we sat down and wept ps cxxxvi it is clear that the psalm was not said for him… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:149…you may learn the fruit of captivity and what is that psalm by the rivers of babylon there we sat and wept when we remembered sion by the willows in the midst thereof we hung up… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:281…is prolonged i have dwelt with the tents of kedar ps and by the rivers of babylon there we sat down yea we wept ps yet he neither saw babylon nor the tents of kedar otherwise… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:157…the dwelling among them as worthy of slaves and servants cried out by the rivers of babylon there we sat and wept when we remembered zion for the human mind if i am not mistaken suffers… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:207…aggrieved by the songs sung to musical instruments d therefore they said by the rivers of babylon there we sat and wept when we remembered sion in which city according to the prescription of the jewish… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:73…exclaim what the lyre of the psalmist so truly sang to them by the rivers of babylon there we sat and wept when we remembered thee o sion and although they gave no effort at all… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:807…divine david sings in the person of the people situated in babylon by the rivers of babylon there we sat down and wept when we remembered you o sion in the midst of the willows we… Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1097…therefore let us also understand that which was said by david upon the rivers of babylon there we sat and wept when we remembered thee o sion on the willows in the midst thereof we hung… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1925…them into egypt how then is it fitting for jeremiah to say by the rivers of babylon there we sat down yea we wept they therefore ascribed it to that prophet… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1927…and had obtained their return recount what befell them in babylon vers by the rivers of babylon there we sat down yea we wept when we remembered zion it is customary for those who are grieving… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1999…the lord i trust how will you say to my soul ps by the rivers of babylon there we sat down and ps my heart is ready o god my heart is ready ps thou hast… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:1371…divine people lamenting the untimeliness of those evils sang that davidic canticle by the rivers of babylon there we sat and wept when we remembered sion but the rest of the canticle was no longer appropriate… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 94:1113…he conversed with men when these things were said and that passage by the rivers of babylon there we sat down and wept for these things had not yet happened h chap vii h b to… George the Monk d. c. 914PG 110:223…about the captivity and assuming the person of the people he says by the rivers of babylon there we sat and wept when we remembered sion he speaks also of the adversity which will overwhelm those… George the Monk d. c. 914PG 110:463…david putting on the person of the captives before these events says by the rivers of babylon there we sat down and wept when we remembered zion c because there they that carried us away captive… George Kedrenos fl. 11th c.PG 121:427…even before these events says in the person of the captive people by the rivers of babylon there we sat down and wept when we remembered zion and they who held us captive asked us for… Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 128:1241…mercy this psalm is without an inscription among the hebrews d vers by the rivers of babylon there we sat and wept when we remembered sion for when the jews were captives in babylon they lived… Andronicus I Comnenus c. 1118–1185PG 133:863…former anticipating the babylonian exile says in the person of the captives by the rivers of babylon there we sat and wept when we remembered zion in the midst thereof we hung up our organs upon… Nicephorus Blemmydes 1197–c. 1272PG 142:1603…and through such men as through himself he chanted the indicated psalms by the rivers of babylon there we sat and wept when we remembered sion in the person of the choir leaders who were taken… Theodore of MopsuestiaPG 66:305…babylonians hence the blessed david prophesying concerning the events at babylon says by the rivers of babylon there we sat and wept and the rest by which words he demonstrated the evils that befell them during… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:535…babylon there we sat and wept when we remembered thee o sion we hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof our instruments are hung up so long as we are in babylon upon… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:379…david said by the rivers of babylon there we sat and wept upon the willows in the midst thereof we hung up our instruments ps that is the psaltery the cithara the lyre and the rest… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:405…from an enemy country they were lodging outside the walls and cities upon the willows in the midst thereof we hanged our instruments another says harps another lyres and for what cause did they take the… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1927…city poured forth many tears imitating the currents of the rivers vers upon the willows in the midst thereof we hung our harps for they were completely useless to them since the law commands that worship… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:405…more stung as they beheld the symbols of that religion b because there they that carried us away captive required of us the words of a song and they that wasted us sing us one of… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:621…words of songs and those who led us away for a hymn sing us one of the songs of sion ibid c being then inscribed by the law and forbidden to sing divine things in a… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:149…by the willows in the midst thereof we hung up our instruments for there they that carried us captive asked us for the words of songs saying sing us one of the songs of sion how… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1927…the words of a song and they that carried us away said sing us one of the songs of zion b mocking us and insulting our calamities they ordered us to sing and to soothe them… George the Monk d. c. 914PG 110:463…there we sat down and wept when we remembered zion c because there they that carried us away captive required of us the words of a song and those who carried us away hymns and elsewhere… Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 128:1243…wishing to mock the things which we considered divine and venerable b sing us one of the songs of sion they were saying that is to say vers how shall we sing the song of the… Andronicus I Comnenus c. 1118–1185PG 133:863…in the midst thereof we hung up our organs upon the willows for there they that carried us away captives required of us the words of a song and they that carried us away said sing… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:333…works of iniquity in this land of affliction do we not say how shall we sing the lord's song in a strange land but how shall we sing the lord's song in a land that is… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:749…and therefore they could not sing the song of the lord saying how shall we sing the lord's song in a strange land in truth it could not but be weak having been planted in babylon… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:1273…that led us away a hymn sing us the hymns of sion how shall we sing the lord's song in a strange land h athanasius' interpretation h glorify god o choirs of saints b recounting the… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:379…says our captors asked us for words of songs and we said how shall we sing the lord's song in a strange land ibid v what do you say you do not sing the lord's song… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:25…some song of zion they said acting according to the law 'how shall we sing the lord's song in a strange land ' where the phrase nor does this fit the jews supposes that something else… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:149…words of songs saying sing us one of the songs of sion how shall we sing the lord's song in a strange land ps do you see how captivity brought them into order for before it… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:807…midst of the willows we hung up our instruments and in addition how shall we sing the lord's song in a strange land for since they were far from their native soil from the temple and… Isidore of Pelusium d. c. 450PG 78:141…antidote to pride a double interpretation of the place from ps cxxxvi how shall we sing the lord's song in a strange land an admonition on avoiding pride with respect to the mutability of human affairs… Isidore of Pelusium d. c. 450PG 78:765…think ourselves superior to all li to paul the presbyter this passage how shall we sing the lord's song in a strange land ps cxxxvi seems to me to admit of a double interpretation first of… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1467…will permit us to do this for now we cry out 'how shall we sing the lord's song in a strange land ' after the prophetic discourse has thus taught what it was fitting for the… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1693…to sing one of the songs of sion said properly and lawfully how shall we sing the lord's song in a strange land a but to us the divine apostle gives instruction to lift up holy… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 94:1299…up seed to your brother and you must also abstain from singing the lord's song in a strange land but away with all these for whoever of you are justified by the law you have fallen… Nicephorus I of Constantinople c. 758–828PG 100:619…reason those also who were once led away captive to babylon said how shall we sing the lord's song in a strange land with their instruments hanging mute from the willows but if being equally delirious… Bartholomew the Younger of Grottaferrata c. 980 - c. 1055PG 120:125…divinely inspired nilus at first did not consent out of humility saying how shall we sing the lord's song in a strange land we who today are humiliated in all the earth because of our sins… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 126:589…sacrificed nor sang the songs of the lord for how he says shall we sing the lord's song in a foreign land since therefore after returning from babylon they made use of the law again and… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 126:605…rejoice in other matters or to celebrate feasts for how they say shall we sing the lord's song in a strange land ps cxxxvi since they worshipped neither god purely nor idols but were vacillating he… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 126:997…willows by the rivers of babylon as it was not permitted to sing the lord's song in a strange land now being released from captivity without hindrance… Andronicus I Comnenus c. 1118–1185PG 133:863…carried us away said sing us one of the songs of zion how shall we sing the lord's song in a strange land they answered who perhaps hoped for a return but jeremiah sensing the ruin… Theodore of MopsuestiaPG 66:365…perform while situated elsewhere whence also those dwelling in babylon would say how shall we sing the lord's song in a strange land but how are these things i ask a type of the things of… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:1275…if i forget thee o jerusalem let my right hand be forgotten let my tongue cleave to my jaws if i do not remember… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:405…a soul becoming philosophical from affliction and higher than the dire events if i forget thee o jerusalem let my right hand forget me let my tongue cleave to my throat d look from this source… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1927…the law and perform legal rites outside of the appointed places vers if i forget thee o jerusalem let my right hand be forgotten let my tongue cleave to my throat if i do not remember… Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 90:539…which is from heaven and who are able to say with david if i forget thee o jerusalem let my right hand be forgotten let my tongue cleave to my throat if i do not remember… Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 128:1243…holy to dogs neither cast ye your pearls before swine c vers if i forget thee o jerusalem let my right hand be forgotten this is my power or my efficacy let me be rendered paralytic… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:1275…my right hand be forgotten let my tongue cleave to my jaws if i do not remember thee if i do not set jerusalem before my chief joy remember o lord a the children of edom… Pseudo-Ignatius fl. c. 375-380PG 5:849D…For although the Father is greater than the Son, it is as Father to Son, by generation, not by genus. Notable words of the same Latin orator of the Rhone, upon Ps. CXXXVII, 6. See here the Epistle to the Philippian… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1077B…?" (Job xlii, 3) "God, who searcheth hearts and reins." (Ps. vii, 9) "The Lord is high, and regardeth the lowly, and knoweth the high things from afar." (Ps. cxxxvii, 6) "Where shall I go from thy spirit, an… Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 128:1243…remains in it anymore vers let my tongue cleave to my jaws if i do not remember thee let my voice be restrained and let it be impeded or let all power of operation and speech… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:1655…mock us as people who say things but do not do them remember o lord the children of edom in the day of jerusalem those who said empty it empty it down to its foundations etc… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:659…will get drunk and be spilled forth of whom david also says remember o lord the children of edom psal cxxxvi for they were brothers and neighbors and they preserved their ancestral hatred but regarding christ… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:661…be drunken and shalt pour out means concerning whom david also says remember o lord the children of edom in the day of jerusalem who said rase it rase it even to the foundation thereof for… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:1275…do not set jerusalem before my chief joy remember o lord a the children of edom in the day of jerusalem who say raze raze even to the foundation thereof o daughter of babylon miserable blessed… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:405…we may not become captives nor strangers nor foreigners from that metropolis remember o lord the children of edom in the day of jerusalem who say raze it raze it even to the foundation thereof another… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:727…believeth in him shall not be confounded isa indeed david also said remember o lord the children of edom in the day of jerusalem ps namely of the gentiles who said empty it even to the… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1927…the festivals in thee for from these i reap true gladness vers remember o lord the children of edom in the day of jerusalem who say raze raze it even to the foundation thereof the idumeans… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:413…thou shalt pour forth signifies and the divine david says concerning them remember o lord the children of edom in the day of jerusalem who say raze it raze it even to the foundations thereof b… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:803…and shalt pour out and the divine david also says concerning them remember o lord the children of edom in the day of jerusalem who say raze it raze it even to the foundations thereof d… George the Monk d. c. 914PG 110:223…speaks also of the adversity which will overwhelm those fighting against israel remember o lord the children of edom in the day of jerusalem who say exima… Nicephorus Blemmydes 1197–c. 1272PG 142:1603…of my gladness and my primary pleasure remember o lord the sons of edom in the day of jerusalem remember our relatives the aradians in the day of the calamity of jerusalem clearly how they stood… Theodore of MopsuestiaPG 66:305…also about to declare their subsequent change for the better he adds remember o lord the children of edom in the day of jerusalem who said raze it raze it even to the foundation thereof it… Theodore of MopsuestiaPG 66:599…been foretold by the blessed david in the psalms for he says remember o lord the children of edom in the day of jerusalem who say empty it empty it even to its foundations o miserable… Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:1737…the psalm where he says o daughter of babylon thou miserable one happy shall he be that rewardeth thee thy reward which thou hast rewarded us happy shall he be that taketh and dasheth thy little… Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 128:1245…man so too the prophet calls babylon itself the daughter of babylon o daughter of babylon who art to be pitied he says o miserable babylon on account of the terrible things about to happen to… Nilus of Sinai d. c. 430PG 79:1445A…therefore, if we dash and crush the little ones of Babylon—I mean the shameful thoughts that first set upon us—against the rock, which is Christ ⟦1 Cor. x, 4; Ps. cxxxvii, 9⟧. For if they grow up, they will provid… Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:1737…he be that rewardeth thee thy reward which thou hast rewarded us happy shall he be that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the rock ps cxxxvi iv but let us examine the saying in… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:1207B…XXVII. 19 Psalm CXXVIII. 23 Psalm CXXIX. 23 Psalm CXXX. 26 Psalm CXXXI. 26 Psalm CXXXII. 27 Psalm CXXXIII. 27 Psalm CXXXIV. 30 Psalm CXXXV. 31 Psalm CXXXVI. 35 Psalm CXXXVII. 38 Psalm CXXXVIII. 39 Psalm CXXXIX. 42 Psa… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:2003…1899 on Psalm CXXX, 1901 on Psalm CXXXI, 1903 on Psalm CXXXII, 1909 on Psalm CXXXIII, 1911 on Psalm CXXXIV, 1913 on Psalm CXXXV, 1919 on Psalm CXXXVI, 1925 on Psalm CXXXVII, 1929 on Psalm CXXXVIII, 1935 on Psalm CXXXI…