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Psalms 137:9

King James Version (KJV)

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— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

Happy [shall he be], that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.

Psalms 137:9 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Psalms 137:9

Theological / Devotional

Against the stones. The murder of innocent children, though customary in ancient warfare, was one of the cruelest and most abhorrent of all practices (2 Kings 8:12; Isa. 13:16; Hosea 10:14). In view of the fact that such stern treatment had been meted out by the Babylonians (see Jer. 51:24), the psalmist is simply enunciating a law of life—“as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee” (Obadiah 15; cf. Matt. 7:2).

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