Psalms 136:1

Verse 1. For Jeremias. For the time of Jeremias, and the captivity of Babylon. Challoner.—Or “of” (Jeremiæ. Bible.) Jeremias; on which subject he composed his Lamentations, as the Septuagint thus insinuate. Worthington.—The title may be a later insertion, and is not the same in all the Greek or Latin copies. It is wholly omitted in Hebrew and so forth Theodoret blames those who have written the name of Jeremias, as he was never at Babylon. Calmet.—He might send the psalm to the captives, (Grot.) though it were written by David, (Gerer.) who was a prophet. See Psalms 78. Bert.—The captives express their sentiments at Babylon, (Bossuet) or at their return; ( Calmet.) and thus, under the figure of the earthly Jerusalem, (Bert.) aspire to heaven. Saint Augustine—Rivers. Euphrates, and so forth The Jews retired to such places to pray. Philo, con. Flac. Acts 16:13. Bible.—Sion, and all the ceremonies of religion. Worthington.