Psalm 137 – By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion. 2 There on the poplars we hung our harps, 3 for there our captors asked us for songs, our tormentors demanded songs of joy; they said, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!” 4 How can we sing the songs of the Lord while in a foreign land? 5 If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill. 6 May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not consider Jerusalem my highest joy. 7 Remember, Lord, what the Edomites did on the day Jerusalem fell. “Tear it down,” they cried, “tear it down to its foundations!” 8 Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction, happy is the one who repays you according to what you have done to us. 9 Happy is the one who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.
From the evil in the world, there is no repentance for their evil deeds. Never do we hear from them “I regret, I’m sorry, I went too far, I now regret my actions.” They tear down what you treasured. While we mourn they rejoice in the cold ashes from the fires they lit, and the graves of those they killed bring them no remorse. Instead they have a party in the ashes and dance atop the graves. They are lost in their new positions of power but they do not rebuild because they only know destruction and their ideas to rebuild fail. Knowledge and wisdom to rebuild they don’t have.
Destruction was not necessary. Loss of blessings came from rejection of He who gave them. Then those who remember what once was, who lived in blessings but were not thankful to the giver of them, to them comes regret and mourning. In regret of foolishness the ashes and graves loudly mock them. Why did they acquiesce to evil? Now they wonder if God will restore those who have hated Him. Without repentance, they only have memories that torture them.
Yet for His faithful children, for those who love and serve Him, the Lord says “Forever you remain in my love and peace. You will be comforted. My high blessings remain forever to my faithful. Your hearts will stay in peace, hope will never leave you, and you will soon be brought home. In your hearts you hurt for the lost, but in your spirits, you will walk forever be in peace with me. Fires cannot eat and the evil cannot steal or kill the life I have given to you. Nothing can separate you from me. You will rejoice even amongst the tears. Soon, the tears will be no more. I am faithful.”
Psalm 150:6 – Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord!
Micah 7:7 – But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me.
Micah 6:8 – He has shown You, O man, what is good; And what does the Lord require of You but to do justly, to love mercy, And to walk humbly with Your God.
Numbers 6:24-26 “The Lord bless you and keep you; 25 the Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you; 26 the Lord turn His face toward you and give you peace.”