Study the Bible in Two Years

Friday – Psalms 135-137

1.  Following the pattern of Psalm 135, for what other mighty deeds of the Lord will you praise him?

2.  Following the pattern of Psalm 136, what things do you want to thank God for, which he has given you out of his love and grace?

3.  Psalm 137 was written during the time of the Babylonian captivity, sometime afterJerusalemwas destroyed byBabylonin 586 BC.  What do you think of the way the Psalm ends?  How can this be in the Word of God?  Yet remember that the writer is a believer who desires that God would bring about vengeance of the same kind thatBabylonbrought onJerusalem.  Compare Romans 12:19-20 for the proper attitude toward enemies and who should take revenge.  Note that the writer of the Psalm is not planning to do it himself.  What enemies would desire to keep us away from our “Jerusalem,” our heavenly home?