Psalms 137:1
When we sat down by the rivers of Babylon we wept as we remembered Zion.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
In Context
2We hung up our harps on the willow trees.
Cross References
Ezra 8:21At the Ahava Canal I called for a fast so we could confess our sins before God and ask him for a safe journey for us and our children, along with all our possessions.
Nehemiah 1:3They told me, “The remnant who are left from the exile are there in the province, but they are having a great deal of trouble and feel humiliated. Jerusalem's walls have been knocked over, and its gates burned down.”
Job 2:12When they saw Job from a distance they hardly recognized him. They broke out into loud wailing, tore their robes, and threw dust into the air over their heads.
Psalms 102:9Ashes are the food I eat; my tears drip into my drink,
Jeremiah 8:19Listen to my people crying out for help from a distant land, asking “Isn't the Lord present in Zion anymore? Has her King left?” Why have they made me angry, worshiping their carved images and their useless foreign idols?
Jeremiah 13:17But if you refuse to listen, I will weep secretly inside because of your pride. My tears pour down because the Lord's flock has been captured.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 137:1
There are divers psalms which are thought to have been penned in the latter days of the Jewish church, when prophecy was near expiring and the canon of the Old Testament ready to be closed up, but none of them appears so plainly to be of a late date as this, which was penned when the people of God were captives in Babylon, and there insulted over by these proud oppressors; probably it was towards the latter end of their captivity; for now they saw the destruction of Babylon hastening on apace ( ver. 8 ), which… Read the whole commentary →