PSALM 137
This psalm came out of Israel’s exile in Babylon, and it can serve as an inventory of your spiritual life today.
What makes you weep (1)? The Jews wept as they remembered the past, but they did not weep over their sins. They wept because their sins caught up with them, not because they had sinned.
What makes you sing (2–4)? They lost their song, so they hung up their harps. David had a similar experience (
What makes you yearn (5–6)? What is the ache in your heart? What do you long for more than anything else? Is it in God’s will?
What makes you angry (7–9)? God had promised to judge Babylon (