Psalms 137:1 meaning and explanation
By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.
Psalms 137:1, Berean Standard Bible
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The speaker is one of the Judean exiles deported to Babylon after Jerusalem fell in 586 BC. The rivers, likely irrigation canals off the Euphrates, are where the community gathered, and sitting is a posture of mourning.
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