Psalms 137:2
Upon the willows—in the midst thereof, hanged we our lyres:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 down, yea we wept—when we remembered Zion:
Cross References
Psalms 33:2Give ye thanks unto Yahweh with the lyre, With a harp of ten strings, make ye music unto him.
Isaiah 24:8Ceased hath the mirth of timbrels, Ended is the noise of the uproarious,—Ceased hath the mirth of the lyre:
Amos 8:10So will I turn your festivals into mourning, and all your songs into a dirge, and I will bring up—on all loins—sackcloth, and upon every head—baldness,—and I will make it like the mourning for an only one, even the afterpart thereof, as a day of bitterness.
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 →