TEHILLIM 137

2 We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.

To "hang the harp upon the willows," indicates great tribulation and distress; as in the present state of Israel, whose

"harp is turned to mourning, and their organ into the voice of them that weep."

So when torment and sorrow come upon Babylon, and she is found no more,

"the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers and trumpeters shall be heard no more at all in her."

The absence of music shows that all joy has departed from a people; while its presence indicates the reverse.

Eureka 14.3.