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Happy shall he be, Who takes and dashes your little ones against the rock.
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A Prophecy of Judgment
This shocking verse is best understood not as a personal prayer for revenge, but as a prophetic declaration. Commentators note it echoes God's foretold judgment against Babylon (Isaiah 13:16) for its own brutal acts. The psalmist is stating that the one who carries out this divine sentence will be an instrument of God's justice against a cruel empire.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Happy shall he be that taketh... - (The margin indicates the Hebrew word is “rock”). This refers to a practice not uncommon in anci…
19th Century
Anglican
Little ones. — Literally, sucklings.
Stones. — Better, cliff or rock.
Fo…
Baptist
For these people had gone all over the world, wherever they could, murdering and mutilating. They had brutally killed tens of thousands of little c…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Happy [shall he be] that takes and dashes your little ones against the stones . ] Tha…
What we love, we love to think of. Those who rejoice in God, for His sake make Jerusalem their joy. They steadfastly resolved to keep up this affec…
