Psalms 137:7
Though I should walk in the midst of affliction, you will quicken me; you have stretched forth your hands against the wrath of my enemies, and your right hand has saved me. 1
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
In Context
6For the Lord is high, and yet regards the lowly; and he knows high things from afar off. 1
Cross References
Exodus 17:14And the Lord said to Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and + 17:14 Gr. give. speak this in the ears of Joshua; for I will utterly blot out the memorial of Amalec from + 17:14 Gr. the part under heaven. under heaven.
Nehemiah 6:14Remember, O God, Tobias and Sanaballat, according to these their deeds, and the prophetess Noadia, and the rest of the prophets who tried to alarm me.
Psalms 79:8You have transplanted a vine out of Egypt: you have cast out the heathen, and planted it. 1
Isaiah 63:1Who is this that is come from Edom, with red garments from Bosor? thus fair in his apparel, with mighty strength? I + 63:1 Gr. discourse, reason about. speak of righteousness and saving judgment.
Lamentations 4:21CHSEN. Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Idumea, that dwell in the land: yet the cup of the Lord shall pass through to you: you shall be drunken, and pour forth.
Ezekiel 35:2Son of man, set your face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,
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 →