Thinking Cap

Psalm 137:1 (KJV) By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.  

(Proverbs 9 also read)

It is time to pay attention.  Most of the time we have a default position that David wrote the Psalms and Solomon wrote the Proverbs.  The only problem with that is that it is not true.  It is okay for kindergarten Sunday School but not for grown up believers.  Read with your mind turned on.

When would the author have been sitting by the rivers of Babylon remembering Zion?  Not during David’s life.  This is clearly the time of the captivity, 500 years after David.  It could have been written by Daniel or Ezekiel.  Jeremiah could have written it, but not David.  It is still scripture and God can speak to you through it.

So?  Be aware.  Someday a non-believer may claim that David didn’t write this.  Agree with him and your honest knowledge might open doors to his heart.