Nach:

Tehillim 

Collections: Dr. Gesundheit The Narrative of Sefer Tehillim

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Mizmor 137 and the Last David Collection (138-145) Mizmor 137 and the Last David Collection (138-145): Unit II of Book V How do the wish for punishment for Babylon and the last David collection complete the picture for Jewish survival? What are the connections between this mizmor, the previous units of Book V and the last David collection which envision the restoration of the Davidic kingdom and hope for world-wide redemption? Mizmor 137 describes the sad state of the Jews in exile by the rivers of Babylon, their eternal allegiance to Jerusalem and calls for revenge on the enemies responsible for the destruction. The complex inter-connections between this and the eight mizmorim in the last David collection...