Psalms 137:1
By the waters of Babylon there we sat, and we wept at the thought of Zion.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
In Context
2There on the poplars we hung our harps.
Cross References
Psalms 102:9For ashes have been my bread, and tears have been mixed with my cup.
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 →