Psalms 137:2

We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst (b) thereof.

(b) That is, of that country.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 137:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

We hanged our harps upon the willows - The harps once used to accompany the songs of praise and the service of God in the temple; the harps with...
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...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2. We hanged our harps upon the willows (180) He deplores the suspension of the songs of praise, which God had enjoined in his Temple. The...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof - in the midst of the la...
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 again...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Harps ] the Kinnor was the most ancient kind of harp, properly a lyre.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Willows. — It is perhaps not necessary to attempt to identify the trees mentioned in this verse, since the touching picture may only be a poetical...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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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Loyalty in Adversity Psalms 137:1-9 It seems as if the exiles had withdrawn from the city, with its distractions, to some natural retreat besid...
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 gr...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

We may form some idea of a poor captive minstrel, hanging up his harp as useless, by the representation of the far more deplorable state of an enslav...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. These were musical instruments, used in the temple service by the Levites, who seem to b...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. Ver. 2. We hanged our harps ] Harps we had, and knew how to handle them (the Jews were...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

We hanged our harps upon the willows, in the midst thereof. These are, not without great probability, supposed to be the words of some holy Levites...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Sorrows of Captivity. 1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat do...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

These are, not without great probability, supposed to be the words of some holy Levites, who had been accustomed to music, both vocal and instrumenta...
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 h...
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 m...
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...
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-...
The Biblical Illustrator

We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. Harps on the willows I. Every man has a harp. The harp was the well-known instrument...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION " THE most direct and striking reminiscence of the Babylonish exile in the whole Psalter" (Professor Alexander). The psalm divides i...
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 inclu...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

We hanged our harps, otherwise used to accompany joyous and festal songs, upon the willows in the midst thereof , to indicate that all their joyful...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 8:10 ; Ezekiel 26:13 ; Isaiah 24:8 ; Psalms 33:2 ; Psalms 81:2 ; Revelation 18:22
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Harps — Harps are here put for all instruments of musick.

² We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 137:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 137:2