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Psalm 137:3

World English Bible

For there, those who led us captive asked us for songs.
Those who tormented us demanded songs of joy:
“Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”

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Psalm 137:3 in other translations

For there they that led us captive required of us songs, And they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.

Psalm 137:3 · American Standard Version

Psalm 137:3 in context

  1. 1By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down.
    Yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
  2. 2On the willows in that land,
    we hung up our harps.
  3. 3For there, those who led us captive asked us for songs.
    Those who tormented us demanded songs of joy:
    “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”
  4. 4How can we sing Yahweh’s song in a foreign land?
  5. 5If I forget you, Jerusalem,
    let my right hand forget its skill.