By the Rivers of Babylon - Psalm 137 is a painting by Michele Myers which was uploaded on September 18th, 2013.
By the Rivers of Babylon - Psalm 137
I was inspired to do this painting by the words of Psalm 137, Vs. 1-6:... more
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11.000 x 15.000 inches
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Title
By the Rivers of Babylon - Psalm 137
Artist
Michele Myers
Medium
Painting - Acrylics On Watercolor Paper
Description
I was inspired to do this painting by the words of Psalm 137, Vs. 1-6:
By the rivers of Babylon,
there we sat down and there we wept
when we remembered Zion.
2 On the poplars there
we hung up our harps.
3 For there our captors
asked us for songs,
and our tormentors asked for mirth, saying,
"Sing us one of the songs of Zion!"
4 How could we sing the Lord's song
in a foreign land?
5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem,
let my right hand wither!
6 Let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth,
if I do not remember you,
if I do not set Jerusalem
above my highest joy.
I tried to express the emotionality of this psalm using color and brushstrokes. The psalm expresses so well the anguish the early Jewish people felt about their captivity by the Babylonians and their thoughtless demand to entertain them with Israel's songs, among the other indignities the Jews had to bear. The psalm also provides a metaphor for our exile in the worldly present day "Babylon" while we long to enter our heavenly home. The image is a reflection on the plight of conquered people, those suffering human slavery, and those exiled from their homeland.
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Uploaded
September 18th, 2013