시편 137:3-4 KRV

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 137:1-9

Fruits of exile from God. It was Israel's, or rather Judah's, exile from Zion and Jerusalem that this psalm commemorated; but the fruits that exile bore, and which are here told of, set forth the fruits of the yet sadder exile from God which many a soul has known. I. THE MEMORY OF WHAT HAS BEEN LOST IS FULL OF SORROW . ( Psalms 137:1 .) "Yea, we sat down and wept." And if, as with God's ancient people, we through sin are banished from God, then, when we... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 137:3

For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song ; literally, words of song . The oppressors break into the retired gathering of their captives, and "require of them a song"—demand roughly and rudely to be entertained with the foreign music, which is perhaps sweeter than their own, or at any rate more of a novelty. And they that wasted us required us mirth . Not only was "a song" wanted but a joyous song - one that would wake feelings of mirth and gladness in those who... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 137:3

A reasonable call for songs. We fix attention on the fact that the people of Babylon expected the religion of Jehovah to be a joyous religion. They may have asked for a song partly as a taunt, but below the taunt must have been the association of the Jehovah-religion with harp and song. And men were right in this. The religion of Jehovah, and of Jehovah-Jesus, ought to make hearts glad: we should "sing on our heavenward way." Dr. Barry thinks the call for a song may have meant "an... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 137:4

How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land? The "songs of Zion" are Jehovah's songs, used in his worship, suited only for religious occasions. It would be desecration to sing them "in a strange land," among strange people, not to call forth devotional sentiment, but to gratify curiosity. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 137:4

The Lord's song in a strange land. What a wonderful mixture this psalm contains of tears and tragedy, of pathetic sorrow and fiery patriotism! We can almost certainly fix the time when it was written. The first party of exiles had just returned from Babylon, and had come to Jerusalem, where everything on which their gaze rested—the universal desolation and ruin—reminded them of what the spoiler had done, and brought back to their memory the horrors of those dreadful days when Jerusalem was... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 137:3

For there they that carried us away captive - The Babylonians.Required of us a song - Asked of us a song. The word does not express the idea of compulsion or force. Margin, as in Hebrew, words of a song. Perhaps the idea is that they did not merely ask music, but they wished to hear the words - the songs themselves - in which they were accustomed to praise God. This may have been a taunt, and the request may have been in derision; or it may have been seriously, and with no desire to reproach... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 137:4

How shall we sing the Lord’s song - The song designed to celebrate his praise; that is, appropriate to the worship of Yahweh.In a strange land - Far from our home; far from the temple; exiles; captives: how can we find spirit in such circumstances to sing? How can we do that which would be indicative of what we do not feel, and cannot feel - joy and happiness! The idea is not that those psalms or songs would be profaned by being sung there, or that there would be anything improper in itself in... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 137:3

Psalms 137:3. There they that carried us away Our new masters, who had made us their slaves, and carried us captives out of our own land; required of us a song דברי שׁיר , the words of a song: in the LXX., λογους ωδων , words of songs. They required us to entertain them with our music and singing. And they that wasted us Hebrew, ותוללינו , contumulatores nostri, they that laid us on heaps, namely, that laid Jerusalem and the temple in ruins, required of us mirth, שׁמחה , joy, ... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 137:4

Psalms 137:4. How shall we sing the Lord’s song Those sacred songs which are appropriated to the worship of the true God in his temple, and are appointed by him to be sung only to his honour and in his service; in a strange land When we are banished from our own temple and country, and among those who are strangers and enemies to our God and his worship? How can you imagine that miserable slaves should be disposed to sing songs of joy? Or that we can frame our minds in the land where we... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 137:1-9

Psalms 137:0 Against the BabyloniansThe Israelites who first sang this song were captives in Babylon, working in a slave camp beside one of Babylon’s rivers. The Babylonian slave-masters tried to create some amusement for themselves (and some torment for their victims) by asking the downcast slaves to sing some of the merry songs of glorious Jerusalem (1-3). The cruel insults of the slave-masters pierce the hearts of the Israelites, because their beloved Jerusalem is in ruins. How can they... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 137:1-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 137:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 137:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 137:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 137:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 137:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 137:4

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 137:3

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 137:4

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 137:1-9

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