Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
Psalms Chapter 137
Overview
Psa 137:1, The constancy of the Jews in captivity; Psa 137:7, The prophet curses Edom and Babel.
am cir, 3463, bc cir, 541 (Title), The author of this beautiful and affecting elegy is unknown, but the occasion is evident; and it was most probably composed during, or near the close of, the captivity.
the rivers: Gen 2:10-14; Ezr 8:21, Ezr 8:31; Eze 1:1, there sat, Neh 1:3, Neh 1:4, Neh 2:3; Job 2:12, Job 2:13; Jer 13:17, Jer 13:18, Jer 15:17; Lam 2:10; Eze 3:15
we wept: Psa 42:4, Psa 102:9-14; Isa 66:10; Jer 51:50, Jer 51:51; Lam 1:16, Lam 2:11, Lam 2:18, Lam 3:48, Lam 3:51; Dan 9:3, Dan 10:2, Dan 10:3; Luk 19:41; Rev 11:3
we hanged: Willows were so plentiful at Babylon, on the banks of the Euphrates, that Isaiah calls it "the brook or river of willows." Psa 33:2, Psa 81:2; Isa 24:8; Eze 26:13; Amo 8:10; Rev 18:22
For there: Psa 123:3, Psa 123:4; Lam 2:15, Lam 2:16
a song: Heb. the words of a song
wasted us: Heb. laid us on heaps, Psa 79:1; Neh 4:2; Jer 9:11, Jer 26:18; Mic 3:12; Luk 21:6
the songs of Zion: Psa 9:14, Psa 65:1; Ch1 15:27, Ch1 16:7; Isa 35:10, Isa 51:11; Jer 31:12, Jer 31:13; Rev 14:1-3
How shall: Ecc 3:4; Isa 22:12; Lam 5:14, Lam 5:15; Hos 9:4; Amo 8:3
strange land: Heb. land of a stranger, Isa 49:21
I forget: Psa 84:1, Psa 84:2, Psa 84:10, Psa 102:13, Psa 102:14, Psa 122:5-9; Neh 1:2-4, Neh 2:2, Neh 2:3; Isa 62:1, Isa 62:6, Isa 62:7; Jer 51:50; Dan 6:10, Dan 6:11
let my right: Zac 11:17
let my tongue: Psa 22:15; Isa 41:17; Lam 4:4; Eze 3:26
if I prefer: Psa 84:10; Mat 6:33; Act 20:24; Phi 1:20; Th1 3:7-9
my chief joy: Heb. the head of my joy
Remember: Psa 74:18, Psa 79:8-12; Exo 17:14; Sa1 15:2; Hos 7:2
the children: Isa 63:1-6; Jer. 49:7-22; Lam 4:21, Lam 4:22; Eze 25:12-14; Oba 1:10-14, Oba 1:18-21
Raze it: Heb. make bare
daughter: Isa 47:1-5; Jer 50:42, Jer 51:33; Zac 2:7
who art: Isa. 13:1-22, 14:4-24, Isa 21:1, Isa 47:1; Jer 25:12-14, 50:1-51:64; Rev 14:8-11, 17:1-18, Rev 18:6
destroyed: Heb. wasted
happy: Psa 149:6-9; Isa 13:3-5, Isa 44:28; Rev 17:5, Rev 17:6, Rev 17:14, Rev 18:6, Rev 18:20
rewardeth: etc. Heb. recompenseth unto thee thy deed which thou didst unto us, Jer 50:15-29; Rev 18:6
and dasheth: Isa 13:16; Hos 10:14, Hos 13:16
the stones: Heb. the rock