Charles H. Spurgeon on Psalms 137:1
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Psalms137:1
We sat down. Among the poets, sitting on the ground is a mark of misery or captivity.
Multos ilia dies incomtis moesta capillis
Sederat. —Propertius. With locks unkempt, mournful, for many days
She sat.
O utinam ante tuos sedeam captiva penates. —Propertius.
O might I sit a captive at thy gate!
You have the same posture in an old coin that celebrates a victory of Lucius Verus over the Parthians.
We find Judea on several coins of Vespasian and Titus in the posture that denotes sorrow and captivity. —From Joseph Addison's Dialogues on Medals.
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