Revised Literal Translation

Psalms 137:1-4

1By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.

2We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.

3For 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.1 2

4How shall we sing Yhwh's song in a strange land?3

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Notes

1. Psalms 137:3 a song: Heb. the words of a song. ↩
2. Psalms 137:3 wasted…: Heb. laid us on heaps. ↩
3. Psalms 137:4 strange…: Heb. land of a stranger? ↩

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