Psalms 137:2
On willows in its midst we hung our harps.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
In Context
1By rivers of Babylon — There we did sit, Yea, we wept when we remembered Zion.
Cross References
Psalms 33:2Give ye thanks to Jehovah with a harp, With psaltery of ten strings sing praise to Him,
Isaiah 24:8Ceased hath the joy of tabrets, Ceased hath the noise of exulting ones, Ceased hath the joy of a harp.
Amos 8:10And have turned your festivals to mourning, And all your songs to lamentation, And caused sackcloth to come up on all loins, And on every head — baldness, And made it as a mourning [of] an only one, And its latter end 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 →