Introduction
The desolate and afflicted state of the captives in Babylon, Psalm 137:1 , Psalm 137:2 . How they were insulted by their enemies, Psalm 137:3 , Psalm 137:4 . Their attachment to their country, Psalm 137:5 , Psalm 137:6 . Judgments denounced against their enemies, Psalm 137:7-9 .
The Vulgate, Septuagint, Ethiopic, and Arabic, say, ridiculously enough, a Psalm of David for Jeremiah. Anachronisms with those who wrote the titles to the Psalms were matters of no importance. Jeremiah never was at Babylon; and therefore could have no part in a Psalm that was sung on the banks of its rivers by the Israelitish captives. Neither the Hebrew nor Chaldee has any title; the Syriac attributes it to David. Some think it was sung when they returned from Babylon; others, while they were there. It is a matter of little importance. It was evidently composed during or at the close of the captivity.
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