Psalms 137:1
By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept
What it says
By Babylon's rivers the exiles sit and weep when they remember Zion.
What it is doing
This verse opens the psalm in grief shaped by remembered place.
In context
1By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept 2There on the willows 3for there our captors requested a song; 4How can we sing a song of the LORD 5If I forget you, O Jerusalem, 6May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth 7Remember, O LORD, 8O Daughter of Babylon, 9Blessed is he who seizes your infants