The way of the worlds of the psalms connect to the bennet's story by the waters of babylon is the title comes from a passage in Psalms, it says "By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion." Zion is a reference to Jerusalem, which had been the cultural center of a civilization that is gone. "Waters of Babylon"'s title gives the reader a first clue about the story. The setting of Benet's story turns out to be New York City after it has been destroyed, along with civilization, during a great
