PSALM 137

HOW SHALL WE SING THE LORD’S SONG?

The Israelites recall how they were asked to sing songs of Jerusalem while they were in captivity. How could they sing songs praising God’s chosen land while exiled in a foreign land? The psalmist captures the pain and sorrow around the memory of losing the temple and Jerusalem to their nation’s enemies.

Psalm 137:1 - By the waters of Babylon, there we sat down and wept, when we remembered Zion.