Psalm 137 Analysis
Psalm 137 is an explanation of how being away from ones' belief of sacred ground could give one the ability to be unsure of their faith or forget about the word of God. In this Psalm there is a land called Zion which is where people worshiped God and had strong beliefs. Captives came to their land and captured them and took them Babylon. Babylon was a place where people were against God. When they were captured from Zion they hung their harps as an act of defiance from the captives to show them their home is Zion. This defiance shows that they would be willing to put up a fight for the word of God. As they were traveling they were told to sing a song of Zion but they did not understand how they could in a strange land. This showed that they may be losing some faith because God can be worshiped at any moment, time, or place. Throughout the Psalm they were realizing their loss of faith so they talked to Jerusalem to discuss punishments if they would ever forget the word of God. The