--- title: "Psalms 137 - Study King James Bible with clarkes commentary" description: "Read Psalms 137 with clarkes commentary commentary. 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 t" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/clarkes-commentary/psalms/137" --- [ Read](/kjv/psalms/137)[ Commentary](/study/psalms/137)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/psalms/137) Audio 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 of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.* 7 Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase *it*, rase *it, even* to the foundation thereof.* 8 O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy *shall he be*, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.** 9 Happy *shall he be*, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.* [Psalms 136](/study/psalms/136) [Psalms 138](/study/psalms/138) ## Commentary To verse 1 The *Vulgate, Septuagint, AEthiopic*, and *Arabic*, say, ridiculously enough, *a Psalm of David for Jeremiah*. Anachronisms with those who wrote the *titles* to the Psalms were matters of no importance. *Jeremiah* never was at Babylon; and therefore could have no part in a Psalm that was sung on the banks of its rivers by the Israelitish captives. Neither the *Hebrew* nor *Chaldee* has any *title*; the *Syriac* attributes it to *David*. Some think it was sung when they returned from Babylon; others, while they were there. It is a matter of little importance. It was evidently composed *during* or at the *close* of the *captivity*. Verse [Psalms 137:1](/kjv/psalms/137/1). ***By the rivers of Babylon*** — These might have been the *Tigris* and *Euphrates*, or their *branches*, or *streams* that flowed into them. In their captivity and dispersion, it was customary for the Jews to hold their religious meetings on the banks of rivers. Mention is made of this [Acts 16:13](/kjv/acts/16/13), where we find the Jews of Philippi resorting to a *river side, where prayer was* *wont to be made*. 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