Psalms 137:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.e ”

Psalms 137:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Happy shall he be that taketh ... - Margin, as in Hebrew, rock. This refers to what was not uncommon in ancient warfare, as it is now among savage tribes - the indiscriminate slaughter of those o...
Psalms 137:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(h) Happy [shall he be], that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones. (h) He alludes to Isaiah's prophecy in ( Isaiah 13:16 ) promising good success to Cyrus and Darius, whom ambition...
Psalms 137:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

CXXXVII. The Bitter Memory of Babylon. The vivid picture of the exiles in their home-sickness, the mockery of their foreign masters, their love for Zion, the mention of Edom, and the savage thirst...
Psalms 137:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

little ones. The reference is to Isaiah 13:16-18 , which belongs to. Dispensation of Law and Judgment, and is not to be interpreted of the present Dispensation of Grace.
Psalms 137:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Happy shall he be , that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones. Happy - that taketh and dasheth thy little ones - That is, So oppressive hast thou been to all under thy domination, a...
Psalms 137:9 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

O daughter of Babylon, &c.— O daughter of Babylon, the destroyed; [not Babylon the proud, as she now is; but Babylon the destroyed, for so she certainly shall be, when it comes to her turn;...
Psalms 137:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones. Happy shall he be that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones - ( Isaiah 13:16 ; Kin. 8:12.) Prid...
Psalms 137:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

A lifelike memorial of the bitter experiences of exile concluding with ( a ) a strong expression of patriotism, and ( b ) an outburst of hatred against the enemies of Jerusalem. Probably written soon...
Psalms 137:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Little ones. — Literally, sucklings. Stones. — Better, cliff or rock. For this feature of barbarous cruelty with which ancient war was cursed see 2 Kings 8:12 ; Isaiah 13:16 ; Hosea 10...
Psalms 137:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 137:1-9 THE captivity is past, as the tenses in Psalms 137:1-3 show, and as is manifest from the very fact that its miseries have become themes for a psalm. Grief must be somewhat removed...
Psalms 137:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Loyalty in Adversity Psalms 137:1-9 It seems as if the exiles had withdrawn from the city, with its distractions, to some natural retreat beside the Euphrates. They had brought their harps with...
Psalms 137:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This is a song of memory. From the midst of the circumstances of restoration the singer looks back to days of captivity and sorrow. The picture is graphic. Babylon was far from their own land, and fa...
Psalms 137:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

These words are both a prayer and a prophecy. Edom is the seed of Esau, and as such there was, and is, and ever will be, the same hatred subsisting. But the Church looketh forward to the hour, when E...
Psalms 137:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Happy [shall he be] that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones. That takes the infants from their mothers' breasts, or out of their arms, and dashes out their brains against a "rock...
Psalms 137:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Happy [shall he be], that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones. Ver. 9. That taketh and dasheth thy little ones ] So at the destruction of Troy (Horat. l. iv. Obadiah 1:6 ). S...
Psalms 137:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

O daughter of Babylon By which he understands the city and empire of Babylon, and the people thereof, who art to be destroyed Who by God's righteous and irrevocable sentence, art devoted to certa...
Psalms 137:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Sorrows of Captivity. 7 Remember, O L ORD , the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase...
Psalms 137:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

As thou didst use our little ones. So this was but a just retaliation foretold here, as also Isaiah 13:6 .
Psalms 137:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION “There can be no doubt whatever,” says Perowne, “as to the time when this Psalm was written. It expresses the feeling of an exile who has but just returned from the land of his captivit...
Psalms 137:9 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 137:1-19 . By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. Babylon was full of canals and riv...
Psalms 137:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

This psalm has no title, but it was evidently composed in Babylon; and it would seem from the latter part, only a little while before Cyrus took the city. It was probably composed by the prophet Hagg...
Psalms 137:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept. The tears of memory and the cry for vengeance I. The tears of memory ( Psalms 137:1-6 ). 1. Their sorrow had reference to the loss...
Psalms 137:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION " THE most direct and striking reminiscence of the Babylonish exile in the whole Psalter" (Professor Alexander). The psalm divides into two parts. First, we are given a picture of th...
Psalms 137:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Song of Grief of the Captive Jews. The unknown poet here records the deep grief and mourning of the Jews during the Babylonian captivity and includes a prayer for the destruction of their enemies,...
Psalms 137:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hosea 10:14 ; Hosea 13:16 ; Isaiah 13:16

Psalms 137:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 137:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 137:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 137:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 137:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 137:9 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 137:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 137:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 137:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 137:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 137:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 137:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 137:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 137:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 137:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 137:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 137:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 137:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 137:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 137:9 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 137:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 137:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 137:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 137:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 137:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge