Psalm Chapter 137

Psalm 137: Singing the Lord’s Song in Exile

Psalm 137 places us beside the rivers of Babylon, where the captives sit and weep as they remember Zion, their harps hanging silent on the willows while their captors demand songs and mirth. The psalm voices the ache of exile, asking how the Lord’s song can be sung in a strange land, and it binds the heart to Jerusalem with solemn vows of remembrance, lest hand and tongue fail if Zion is not preferred above chief joy. It also calls on the Lord to remember Edom’s cry to raze Jerusalem to its foundations and foretells Babylon’s destruction, blessing those who repay her for what she has done, even in harsh words about the dashing of little ones against stones.

00:00 Psalm 137 Opening
00:04 Exile by Babylon
00:13 Captors Demand a Song
00:28 Vow to Remember Jerusalem
00:40 Call for Justice
00:49 Babylon's Coming Fall