Psalms 137:2
Upon the willows in her midst had we hung up our harps.
Leeser Tanakh
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, and we also wept when we remembered Zion.
Cross References
Psalms 33:2Give thanks unto the Lord with the harp: with the ten-stringed psaltery do ye sing [praises] unto him.
Isaiah 24:8At rest is the mirth of the tambourines; ceased hath the tumult of the joyful; at rest is the mirth of the harp.
Amos 8:10And I will change your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentations; and I will bring upon all loins sackcloth, and upon every head baldness; and I will cause [the land] to mourn as one doth for an only son, and its end to be as a day of bitter [complaint].
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 →