This psalm was probably written after the Jewish people returned to their land following their seventy years of captivity in Babylon (Jer.
Waxaana loo qoray si uu u dhiirriggeliyo dadkii Yahuudah, markii ay kasoo laabteen addoonsigii Baabuloon (oo imminka ah waddanka Ciraaq) kaddib, halkaasi oo ay ku sugnaayeen muddo dhan todobaatan sano, iyagoo kusoo laabtay Yeruusaalem.