...he deleted Stevenson's final section (bars 207-85) comprising a verse and chorus to the words 'Yea, happy shall he be that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us', replacing it with an adapted reprise of the opening section of the anthem. 209 In 1 849 (the earliest...

...Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Raze (it), raze (it, even) to the foundation thereof. 137:8 O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy...he be), that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. 137:9 Happy (shall he be), that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones. Chapter 138...

...Children enter the psalm at its close, in the brutal imagination of a horrible revenge on the captors: "Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones." The dreamer's misery at the moment his children are being saved in the dream at the Porta Romana is traceable...

...to curse the Babylonians who destroyed the city of Jerusalem. And if that was not enough they said, "Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones." —Psalm 137:8-9 The situation that the exiled people of God found themselves in could have been avoided....

..."impious Nebuchadnezzar". The comment on Psalm 137, 8 maintains the hope of the much awaited revenge. O Daughter of Babylon who art to be destroyed; happy...he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. The continuity between Babylon and Rome is frequently underlined by symbolic accounts. The Midrashic...

...forget about it? What can be the justification for such blind faith and belief? 14. Psalm 137: Verse 8 O daughter of Babylon who art to be destroyed: happy shall he be that rewardeth thee as thou has served us. Verse 9: Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little one against the stones....

...lithograph, 1942 remembered Zion.' It ends with a vow of vengeance against the 'daughter of Babylon': 'Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.' The Authorized, Version's 'happy' misses the play on words of the Vulgate's Latin 'hcattis', which means...

...the waters of Babylon there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion" but ends grimly with "Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones"; along with many others that call for retribution against the Psalmist's "enemies." We may be tempted...

...Heine's third-longest, runs to 896 lines. Among other excisions he leaves out the allusion to Ps. 137: 9: ..Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones."56 As for the biography, it would be futile to contend with accuracy at this date. During the...

...Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof." Finally comes the poem's prophetic conclusion: "O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed, happy...taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones." And there we have it, human history, the justification of every blood feud, every literal dashing of...