Psalms 137:1-4

By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion. There on the willows we hung our harps, for there our captors requested a song; our tormentors demanded songs of joy: “Sing us a song of Zion.” How can we sing a song of the LORD in a foreign land?

Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of Psalms 137

One song meets this passage

  • “We had a place that we could call home”

    Prayer of the Refugee · Rise Against

    resonates with Psalms 137:1-4

    The ache for a lost homeland and former life mirrors the exiles' lament by the rivers of Babylon.

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