PSALM 137 - Remember Edom, O Yahweh

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PSALM 137 – Remember Edom, O Yahweh by Bro H

Verse 1 (Esau speaking about Jacob in exile) By the rivers of Babylon There they sat and wept When they remembered Zion The songs they could not forget They hanged their harps in the willows Refused to sing for their mirth They asked them songs of gladness In a land that mocked their birth “How can we sing Yahweh’s song In a land not our own?” is what they said How can covenant music rise With their house thrown down? Verse 2 (Esau speaking about himself) I was born red from the womb First breath, first cry Sold my birthright for a bowl When hunger ruled my eye I despised what God had spoken Traded promise for the now Swore an oath to kill my brother When the blessing passed me by I will slay him when my father sleeps My hatred never dies Chorus Remember, O Yahweh The children of Edom Who said in the day of Jerusalem “Raze it — raze it — to the ground” Remember, O Yahweh The children of Edom Who laughed while Zion burned And cheered as her walls came down Verse 3 (Esau continues narrative about Jacob) When the house of Jacob came up from Egypt Weak and wandering through the sand The Dukes of Edom stood with sword and border And would not lend a hand “Pass not through our country” So the house of my brother wisely turned away Blood against blood, once wrestling in the womb Now two nations, but only one can rule Verse 4 When Saul’s fear demanded blood And priests still served the Name It was not Israel who struck them down But Edom who gladly came Doeg my seed stood and lifted steel Where none would dare to tread Eighty-five in linen robes Fell where they had pled He did not hesitate He did not fear We love the sound of righteous blood When truth is near Chorus Remember, O Yahweh The children of Edom Who said in the day of Jerusalem “Raze it — raze it — to the ground” Remember, O Yahweh The children of Edom Who rejoiced when judgment fell And danced when the city went down Verse 5 When Babylon surrounded her We stood and pointed near Not with chains but with counsel Whispered in their ear “Tear it down — expose the stones Leave nothing standing high” We did not need to wield the sword We only had to cry When our brother was taken away We claimed their land as ours, and still to this day Verse 6 We learned to wear religion well Learned how to sit in Moses’ seat Learned to bind heavy loads in subtle deceit And lay them at men’s feet We claimed the name of Judah, though we were not And that faith inside, well, we could not We built our power on traditions of men While truth we crucified, and gladly do it again Bridge — darker, quieter (first-person confession) I searched the scrolls for power But not to find the Son I loved the law when it served me But hated what He undone He said my father was not Abraham He said I did none of his works That I did the deeds of my father Exposed by what ruled within Final Chorus Remember, O Yahweh The children of Edom Who said in the day of Jerusalem “Raze it — raze it — to the ground” Remember, O Yahweh The children of Esau Edom The ancient hatred never slept It only changed its sound Outro O daughter of Babylon Measured by what we’ve done As we have dealt unto others So shall it be returned unto us Vessels of wrath will soon be made known Then comes our dashing against the stones