Psalms 137:2

I will worship toward thy holy temple, 1 And give thanks to thy name, 1 On account of thy mercy and thy truth; 1 For thou hast magnified thy holy name above everything. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.

In Context

1A Psalm for David, of Haggai and Zechariah. 1 I will give thee thanks, O Lord, with my whole heart; 1 And I will sing psalms to thee before the angels; 1 For thou hast heard all the words of my mouth. 1

3In whatsoever day I shall call upon thee, hear me speedily; 1 Thou shalt abundantly provide me with thy power in my soul. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 33:2I will bless the Lord at all times: 1 His praise shall be continually in my mouth. 1

Isaiah 24:8The mirth of timbrels has ceased, the sound of the harp has ceased.

Amos 8:10and I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth on all loins, and baldness on every head; and I will make them as the mourning of a beloved friend, and those with them as a day of grief.

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 →

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