Psalm 137:8-9 (New English Translation)
O daughter Babylon, soon to be devastated!
How blessed will be the one who repays you for what you dished out to us!
How blessed will be the one who grabs your babies and smashes them on a rock!
This cry was written after the Babylonians conquered Jerusalem. The conquerors burned every inflammable sacred object and took all the precious metal objects from the temple back to their homeland. They literally raped, pillaged, and plundered the land of God’s people.
Oh, by the way, God used the Babylonians to do this as punishment for the sins of His people. The person writing this Psalm didn’t mention those sins here and didn’t have any mention of confession and asking for forgiveness, but I digress a bit.
Note the vehemence and hatred in the Psalm.
How blessed will be the one who grabs your babies and smashes them on a rock!
I have a five-week-old granddaughter while I am writing this blog post. I cannot think about the statement from the Psalm. I cannot imagine how much the writer hated the Babylonians.
Do I hate anyone this much? I have never written such hateful words as I found in this Psalm, but do I hate anyone this much?
Let’s flip the question a bit. Do I hate any sin this much?
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