Psalm 137:1
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New International Version (©1984)
By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down and wept, When we remembered Zion.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
By the rivers of Babylon, we sat down and cried as we remembered Zion.

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

American King James Version
By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion.

American Standard Version
By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down, yea, we wept, When we remembered Zion.

Bible in Basic English
By the rivers of Babylon we were seated, weeping at the memory of Zion,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Upon the rivers of Babylon, there we sat and wept: when we remembered Sion:

Darby Bible Translation
By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down; yea, we wept when we remembered Zion.

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

Webster's Bible Translation
By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion.

World English Bible
By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down. Yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion.

Young's Literal Translation
By rivers of Babylon -- There we did sit, Yea, we wept when we remembered Zion.

Geneva Study Bible

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

(a) That is, we abode a long time, and even though the country was pleasant, yet it could not stay our tears, nor turn us from the true service of our God.

Wesley's Notes

137:1 Sat - The usual posture of mourners.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

PSALM 137

Ps 137:1-9. This Psalm records the mourning of the captive Israelites, and a prayer and prediction respecting the destruction of their enemies.

1. rivers of Babylon-the name of the city used for the whole country.

remembered Zion-or, Jerusalem, as in Ps 132:13.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

137:1-4 Their enemies had carried the Jews captive from their own land. To complete their woes, they insulted over them; they required of them mirth and a song. This was very barbarous; also profane, for no songs would serve but the songs of Zion. Scoffers are not to be compiled with. They do not say, How shall we sing, when we are so much in sorrow? but, It is the Lord's song, therefore we dare not sing it among idolaters.


Nehemiah 1:4 When I heard these words, I sat down and wept and mourned for days; and I was fasting and praying before the God of heaven.
Ezekiel 1:1 Now it came about in the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was by the river Chebar among the exiles, the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God.
Ezekiel 1:3 the word of the LORD came expressly to Ezekiel the priest, son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and there the hand of the LORD came upon him.) (NASB ©1995)

Babylon Memory Remembered Rivers Sat Seated Sit Waters Weeping Wept Zion


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

1 The constancy of the Jews in captivity
7 The prophet curses Edom and Babel

A.M. cir. 3463. B.C. cir 541. 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 Ge 2:10-14 Ezr 8:21,31 Eze 1:1

there sat Ne 1:3,4 2:3 Job 2:12,13 Jer 13:17,18 15:17 La 2:10 Eze 3:15

we wept Ps 42:4 102:9-14 Isa 66:10 Jer 51:50,51 La 1:16 2:11,18 3:48,51 Da 9:3 10:2,3 Lu 19:41 Re 11:3

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Alphabetical: and Babylon By down of remembered rivers sat the There we wept when Zion

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