Psalms 137:2
We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
In Context
1By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down; yea, we wept when we remembered Zion.
Cross References
Psalms 33:2Give thanks unto Jehovah with the harp; sing psalms unto him with the ten-stringed lute.
Isaiah 24:8the mirth of tambours ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.
Amos 8:10And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning for an only [son], and the end thereof as 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 →