Psa 137:1

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Ps 137:1 The constancy of the Jews in captivity.

Ps 137:7 The prophet curses Edom and Babel.

A.M. cir. 3463. B.C. 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.

Gen 2:10-14; Ezra 8:21; Ezra 8:31; Ezek 1:1

there sat.

Neh 1:3; Neh 1:4; Neh 2:3; Job 2:12; Job 2:13; Jer 13:17; Jer 13:18; Jer 15:17; Lam 2:10; Ezek 3:15

we wept.

Ps 42:4; Ps 102:9-14; Isa 66:10; Jer 51:50; Jer 51:51; Lam 1:16; Lam 2:11; Lam 2:18; Lam 3:48; Lam 3:51

Dan 9:3; Dan 10:2; Dan 10:3; Luke 19:41; Rev 11:3