EasyEnglish Bible 2018
Psalms 137:1-4
11When we sat down beside the rivers in Babylon, we were very upset. We thought about Zion city that we had left behind, and we wept.
2We hung up our harps there on the branches of the willow trees.
3Our enemies asked us to sing songs for them there. They laughed at us as their prisoners. They asked for a song to make them happy. They shouted, ‘Sing us a song about Zion!’
4But we are in a foreign land, so we cannot sing a song to the Lord.
Notes
- 1. Psalms 137:1 In 586 BC, Babylon's army destroyed Jerusalem, the capital city of Judah. They took the people who lived in Jerusalem to Babylon as prisoners. Babylon was a city on the Euphrates River which was very rich and powerful. The king of Babylon ruled many other countries. Nebuchadnezzar was the king of Babylon who attacked Jerusalem. ↩
Commentaries on Psalms 137
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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