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Psalms 137:2 — King James Version← Study notes

We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.


Psalms 137:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 137:25 words
HebrewMeaning
עַֽלʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
עֲרָבִ֥יםʿărābiym
poplarsnounH6155
בְּ/תוֹכָ֑/הּbətwōkāh
in the midst of itpronH8432
between · half · (there- · where-) ···
תָּ֝לִ֗ינוּtāliynw
we hung upverbH8518
כִּנֹּרוֹתֵֽי/נוּkinōrwōtēynw
harps ournounH3658
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 137:2

1. ...But today we have sung, “By the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept, when we remembered Sion” Psalm 136:1.... 2. Observe “the waters of Babylon.” “The waters of Babylon” are all things which here are loved, and pass away. One man, for example, loves to practise husbandry, to grow rich thereby, to employ his mind therein, thence to gain pleasure: let him observe the issue, and see that what he has loved is not a foundation of Jerusalem, but a stream of Babylon.…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 137
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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