Discovery BoxPsalms 74:15 
Context74:15 You broke open the spring and the stream; 1
you dried up perpetually flowing rivers. 2
Psalms 78:16
Context78:16 He caused streams to flow from the rock,
and made the water flow like rivers.
Psalms 78:44
Context78:44 He turned their rivers into blood,
and they could not drink from their streams.
Psalms 89:25
Context89:25 I will place his hand over the sea,
his right hand over the rivers. 3
Psalms 98:8
Context98:8 Let the rivers clap their hands!
Let the mountains sing in unison
Psalms 137:1
Context137:1 By the rivers of Babylon
we sit down and weep 5
when we remember Zion.
1 sn You broke open the spring and the stream. Perhaps this alludes to the way in which God provided water for the Israelites as they traveled in the wilderness following the exodus (see Ps 78:15-16, 20; 105:41).
2 sn Perpetually flowing rivers are rivers that contain water year round, unlike the seasonal streams that flow only during the rainy season. Perhaps the psalmist here alludes to the drying up of the Jordan River when the Israelites entered the land of Canaan under Joshua (see Josh 3-4).
3 tn Some identify “the sea” as the Mediterranean and “the rivers” as the Euphrates and its tributaries. However, it is more likely that “the sea” and “the rivers” are symbols for hostile powers that oppose God and the king (see v. 9, as well as Ps 93:3-4).
4 sn Psalm 137. The Babylonian exiles lament their condition, vow to remain loyal to Jerusalem, and appeal to God for revenge on their enemies.
5 tn Heb “there we sit down, also we weep.”
