Holy Scripture

Psalms 136:1

A church father on this verse
“Confess to the Lord, for he is good. And yet, even though heretics say that there is no repentance, still the prophet urges us to confess our sins. For God is good. Blessed, therefore, is he who confesses his sins, just as the apostle also says: "I who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the Ch…”
Jerome, 5th c. — Homily 47, on Psalm 135

Source: Septuagint

Original

1For David, a Psalm of Jeremiah. By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat; And wept when we remembered Zion.

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— Psalms 136:1 —

2We hung our harps on the willows in the midst of it.

3For there they that had taken us captive asked of us the words of a song; And they that had carried us away asked a hymn, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.

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