Psalms 137:8

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

O daughter of Babylon - That is, Babylon itself; the city of Babylon. On the word “daughter” as thus used, see the notes at Isaiah 1:8 . Who...
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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

to be destroyed. Hezekiah must have been familiar with Isaiah's prophecies, who employs the very words of verses: Psalms 137:8 ; Psalms 137:9 . (...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

8. O daughter of Babylon (187) laid waste! The Psalmist discerns the coming judgment of God, though not yet apparent, by the eye of fait...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be , that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. O daughter of Babylon, who art to be...
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...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. O daughter of Babylon, who art...
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

Who art to be destroyed ] i.e. doomed to destruction.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Daughter of Babylon — i.e., Babylon itself. (See Psalms 9:14 , Note.) Who art to be destroyed. — Considerable doubt attaches to the meaning of...
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...
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Loyalty in Adversity Psalms 137:1-9 It seems as if the exiles had withdrawn from the city, with its distractions, to some natural retreat besid...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

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....
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed ,.... By the determinate counsel and decree of God, and according to divine predictions; see Jeremia...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy [shall he be], that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. Ver. 8. That art to be destroyed...
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 righte...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Sorrows of Captivity. 7 Remember, O L ORD , the children of Edom...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Daughter of Babylon; by which he understands the city and empire of Babylon, and the people thereof. Who art to be destroyed; who art by God's ri...
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

Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem. Imprecation against the enemies of the Church 1. False brethren are the chief i...
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...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Happy — As being God's instrument to vindicate his honour, and execute his just judgments.

⁸ O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed;d happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 137:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy 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

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 137:8