Psalms 137

Psalms 137:1

Rivers] May comprehend here Euphrates, and Tigris, or Eulaeus or Chabor, being then all under the Babylonish Empire.

of Babylon] In the seventy years captivity. Of Babylon, see the Observations on Dan. IV. 30.

Psalms 137:7

of Edom] Obadiah, verse 10,—16. Ezek XXV. 12. Jer. XLIX. 7. Lament. IV. 2.

Psalms 137:9

thy little ones] Sinne enough in Babylon, in the Land of Shinar, Zech. V. 8, 11. Sinne enough in these little ones: as in the litle ones of the old world drowned with Noahs flood: as in the little ones of Sodom, burned with brimstone: &c.