Psalms 137:2

We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. These were musical instruments, used in the temple service by the Levites, who seem to be the persons here speaking; who took care of them,…

We hanged our harps upon the willows - The harps once used to accompany the songs of praise and the service of God in the temple; the harps with which they had sought to beguile their weary hours, and…

We have here the daughter of Zion covered with a cloud, and dwelling with the daughter of Babylon; the people of God in tears, but sowing in tears. Observe,

I. The mournful posture they were in as to…

Upon the willows in the midst thereof,

We hung out harps.

the willows Cp. Isa 44:4. The tree meant, however, was probably not the weeping willow, but the populus Euphratica.