Psalm 137
No Songs of Joy!
there we sat down and wept, when we remembered Zion. 2 On the willows there we hung up our lyres. 3 For there our captors required of us songs, and our tormentors, mirth, saying, "Sing us one of the songs of Zion!"
4 How shall we sing the Lord's song
7 Remember, O Lord, against the Edomites
Psalm 137 Psalm 137 is a rather sobering Psalm; as the Israelite captives were ready to cross into Babylon, they sat down and wept. To add to their grief, their captors were ridiculing them by asking them to sing one of the songs of Zion. I'm sure you've experienced one of those difficult times when you were so overcome with grief that you would not even be able to think of singing a song of joy. This was especially grevious to the Israelites because the reason they were being carried away captive was due to their own sin against the Lord.
The Israelites had been warned again and again about their sin by many prophets through the reigns of many kings. Did they not believe God? I think they did the same thing that most people do today; God didn't strike them down by lightening the moment they sinned, therefore they think He won't judge them at all. How do people really feel about heaven and hell? Either they don't believe there is an after-life or they think they'll settle those issues when they are about to die. Like children, we tend to eat our candy today and don't worry about tomorrow. God is God; His existence does not depend on whether people believe in Him or not. Today is the day to put our faith and trust in Him and to cry out to Him for help in living this life. For the non-believer at the day of judgment there will be no songs of joy! Pray that your faith in God is real, and if not that you'll cry out to Christ for salvation so that you will not reach the day of judgment with no songs of joy.
from the Bible 
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