Psalms 137

Psalms 137:1

They went - Both in Canaan, where there were seven nations, and in Egypt.

Psalms 137:3

Anointed - My prophets, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; who are called God’s anointed, because they were consecrated to be his peculiar people, and to be kings and princes in their families. And they are called prophets, because God familiarly conversed with them and revealed his will to them, and by them to others.

Psalms 137:4

Staff of bread - Bread, which is the staff or support of our lives.

Psalms 137:7

His word - That word or revelation which came first to Pharaoh in a dream, and then to Joseph concerning the interpretation of it. Purged - From those calamities which were cast upon him, and so prepared the way for his release.