(Psalms 137:1-6) By the waters of Babylon, there we sat down and
wept, when we remembered Zion. On the willows there we hung up
our lyres. For there our captors required of us songs, and our
tormentors, mirth, saying, "Sing us one of the songs of Zion!"
How shall we sing the LORD's song in a foreign land? If I forget
you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill! Let my
tongue stick to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you,
if I do not set Jerusalem above my highest joy! (1 Thessalonians
3:6-7) But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and has
brought us the good news of your faith and love and reported
that you always remember us kindly and long to see us, as we
long to see you-- for this reason, brothers, in all our distress
and affliction we have been comforted about you through your
faith. When the Israelites were held captive in Babylon, they
found comfort in their faith. Their circumstances were difficult
but it lead them to a greater appreciation for what they had in
Israel and in s