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Psa 137:1 — By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Entire Verse.		A. M. cir. 3463. B.C. 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 8:21,31; Eze 1:1
there we sat		Neh 1:3,4; Neh 2:3; Job 2:12,13; Jer 13:17,18; Jer 15:17; Lam 2:10; Eze 3:15
we wept		Psa 42:4; Psa 102:9-14; Isa 66:10; Jer 51:50,51; Lam 1:16; Lam 2:11,18; Lam 3:48,51; Dan 9:3; Dan 10:2,3; Luk 19:41; Rev 11:3

Correlating Passages

the rivers

	Gen 2:10	And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
	Gen 2:11	The name of the first [is] Pison: that [is] it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where [there is] gold;
	Gen 2:12	And the gold of that land [is] good: there [is] bdellium and the onyx stone.
	Gen 2:13	And the name of the second river [is] Gihon: the same [is] it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.
	Gen 2:14	And the name of the third river [is] Hiddekel: that [is] it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river [is] Euphrates.
	Ezr 8:21	Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
	Ezr 8:31	Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth [day] of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way.
	Eze 1:1	Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth [month], in the fifth [day] of the month, as I [was] among the captives by the river of Chebar, [that] the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.

there we sat

	Neh 1:3	And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province [are] in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also [is] broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.
	Neh 1:4	And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned [certain] days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,
	Neh 2:3	And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, [lieth] waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?
	Job 2:12	And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.
	Job 2:13	So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that [his] grief was very great.
	Jer 13:17	But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for [your] pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD'S flock is carried away captive.
	Jer 13:18	Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, [even] the crown of your glory.
	Jer 15:17	I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation.
	Lam 2:10	The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, [and] keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.
	Eze 3:15	Then I came to them of the captivity at Telabib, that dwelt by the river of Chebar, and I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days.

we wept

	Psa 42:4	When I remember these [things], I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.
	Psa 102:9	For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
	Psa 102:10	Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.
	Psa 102:11	My days [are] like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
	Psa 102:12	But thou, O LORD, shalt endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations.
	Psa 102:13	Thou shalt arise, [and] have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.
	Psa 102:14	For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.
	Isa 66:10	Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her:
	Jer 51:50	Ye that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still: remember the LORD afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.
	Jer 51:51	We are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the LORD'S house.
	Lam 1:16	For these [things] I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.
	Lam 2:11	Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.
	Lam 2:18	Their heart cried unto the Lord, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; let not the apple of thine eye cease.
	Lam 3:48	Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
	Lam 3:51	Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my city.
	Dan 9:3	And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:
	Dan 10:2	In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks.
	Dan 10:3	I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled.
	Luk 19:41	And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,
	Rev 11:3	And I will give [power] unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred [and] threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.

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Scott, Thomas. "Psalms 137:1," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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