Psalms 137:6
For the Lord is high, and yet regards the lowly; and he knows high things from afar off.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
5And let them sing in the ways of the Lord; for great is the glory of the Lord.
Cross References
Job 31:22let then my shoulder start from the blade-bone, and my arm be crushed off from the elbow.
Psalms 84:10Moreover his salvation is near them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land.
Lamentations 4:4Daleth. The tongue of the sucking child cleaves to the roof of its mouth for thirst: the little children ask for bread, and there is none to break it to them.
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 →