--- title: "Psalms 137 - Study King James Bible with treasury of scripture knowledge" description: "Read Psalms 137 with treasury of scripture knowledge 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/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/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 am cir, 3463, bc cir, 541 - Title The author of this beautiful and affecting elegy is unknown, but the occasion is evident; and it was most probably composed during, or near the close of, the captivity. **the rivers:** [Genesis 2:10-14](/kjv/genesis/2/10-14), [Ezra 8:21](/kjv/ezra/8/21), [Ezra 8:31](/kjv/ezra/8/31), [Ezekiel 1:1](/kjv/ezekiel/1/1), there sat, [Nehemiah 1:3](/kjv/nehemiah/1/3), [Nehemiah 1:4](/kjv/nehemiah/1/4), [Nehemiah 2:3](/kjv/nehemiah/2/3), [Job 2:12](/kjv/job/2/12), [Job 2:13](/kjv/job/2/13), [Jeremiah 13:17](/kjv/jeremiah/13/17), [Jeremiah 13:18](/kjv/jeremiah/13/18), [Jeremiah 15:17](/kjv/jeremiah/15/17), [Lamentations 2:10](/kjv/lamentations/2/10), [Ezekiel 3:15](/kjv/ezekiel/3/15) **we wept:** [Psalms 42:4](/kjv/psalms/42/4), [Psalms 102:9-14](/kjv/psalms/102/9-14), [Isaiah 66:10](/kjv/isaiah/66/10), [Jeremiah 51:50](/kjv/jeremiah/51/50), [Jeremiah 51:51](/kjv/jeremiah/51/51), [Lamentations 1:16](/kjv/lamentations/1/16), [Lamentations 2:11](/kjv/lamentations/2/11), [Lamentations 2:18](/kjv/lamentations/2/18), [Lamentations 3:48](/kjv/lamentations/3/48), [Lamentations 3:51](/kjv/lamentations/3/51), [Daniel 9:3](/kjv/daniel/9/3), [Daniel 10:2](/kjv/daniel/10/2), [Daniel 10:3](/kjv/daniel/10/3), [Luke 19:41](/kjv/luke/19/41), [Revelation 11:3](/kjv/revelation/11/3) **Reciprocal:** [Ezra 8:15](/kjv/ezra/8/15) - the river that runneth [Job 30:31](/kjv/job/30/31) - *General* [Psalms 52:1](/kjv/psalms/52/1) - goodness [Psalms 87:4](/kjv/psalms/87/4) - Babylon [Psalms 126:5](/kjv/psalms/126/5) - that sow [Isaiah 15:7](/kjv/isaiah/15/7) - to the [Isaiah 21:2](/kjv/isaiah/21/2) - all the [Isaiah 44:4](/kjv/isaiah/44/4) - willows [Isaiah 52:5](/kjv/isaiah/52/5) - make [Jeremiah 13:4](/kjv/jeremiah/13/4) - go [Ezekiel 6:9](/kjv/ezekiel/6/9) - remember [Ezekiel 11:24](/kjv/ezekiel/11/24) - into ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com","name":"Real Bible Believers","description":"RBB","publisher":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/search?q={search_term_string}","query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/psalms/137#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","width":672,"height":448,"caption":"Real Bible Believers"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/psalms/137#webpage","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/psalms/137","name":"Psalms 137 - 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