Psalms 137:2
Hanging our instruments of music on the trees by the waterside.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
In Context
1By the rivers of Babylon we were seated, weeping at the memory of Zion,
Cross References
Psalms 33:2Give praise to the Lord on the corded instrument; make melody to him with instruments of music.
Isaiah 24:8The pleasing sound of all instruments of music has come to an end, and the voices of those who are glad.
Amos 8:10Your feasts will be turned into sorrow and all your melody into songs of grief; everyone will be clothed with haircloth, and the hair of every head will be cut; I will make the weeping like that for an only son, and the end of it like a bitter day.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 137:2-7
The Sorrows of Captivity. 1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. 2 We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. 3 For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion. 4 How shall we sing the Lord 's song in a strange land? 5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. 6 If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof… Read the whole commentary →