Psalms 78:64

78:64 Their ¹  priests fell by the sword,

but their ²  widows did not weep. ³ 

Psalms 69:10

69:10 I weep and refrain from eating food, ⁴ 

which causes others to insult me. ⁵ 

Psalms 126:6

126:6 The one who weeps as he walks along, carrying his bag ⁶  of seed,

will certainly come in with a shout of joy, carrying his sheaves of grain. ⁷ 

Psalms 137:1

Psalm 137 ⁸ 

137:1 By the rivers of Babylon

we sit down and weep ⁹ 

when we remember Zion.

[78:64]  ¹ tn Heb “his.” The singular pronominal suffix is collective, referring back to God’s “people” (v. 62).

[78:64]  ² tn Heb “his.” The singular pronominal suffix is collective, referring back to God’s “people” (v. 62).

[78:64]  ³ sn Because of the invading army and the ensuing panic, the priests’ widows had no time to carry out the normal mourning rites.

[69:10]  ⁴ sn Fasting was a practice of mourners. By refraining from normal activities such as eating food, the mourner demonstrated the sincerity of his sorrow.

[69:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “and it becomes insults to me.”

[126:6]  ⁷ tn The noun occurs only here and in Job 28:18 in the OT. See HALOT 646 s.v. I מֶשֶׁךְ which gives “leather pouch” as the meaning.

[126:6]  ⁸ tn The Hebrew noun אֲלֻמָּה (’alummah, “sheaf”) occurs only here and in Gen 37:7 in the OT.

[137:1]  ¹⁰ sn Psalm 137. The Babylonian exiles lament their condition, vow to remain loyal to Jerusalem, and appeal to God for revenge on their enemies.

[137:1]  ¹¹ tn Heb “there we sit down, also we weep.”