Famous quotes containing the words hebrew, psalm and/or cxxxvii:
“The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.”
—Bible: Hebrew Ezekiel, 18:2.
Proverbial reproach by God, concerning the land of Israel. The same image is used in Jeremiah 31:29.
“Well I thy wisdom may adore,
But never reach with earthy mind.”
—Bible: Hebrew Psalm CXXXIX (Paraphrased by The Countess of Pembroke)
“How shall we sing the Lord’s song in a strange land?
If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.”
—Bible: Hebrew Psalm CXXXVII (l. CXXXVII, 4–5)