Verse 3
Psalms 137:3
World English Bible, British Edition
3
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!”
Original Language Text
hebrew
כִּ֤י שָׁ֨ם שְֽׁאֵל֪וּ/נוּ שׁוֹבֵ֡י/נוּ דִּבְרֵי שִׁ֭יר וְ/תוֹלָלֵ֣י/נוּ שִׂמְחָ֑ה שִׁ֥ירוּ לָ֝֗/נוּ מִ/שִּׁ֥יר צִיּֽוֹן
English Translation
For there, they asked us to sing the words of a song and to entertain us with joy; sing to us from the song of Zion.
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Chapter 137 Context
1
By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down.
Yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
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2
On the willows in that land,
we hung up our harps.
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3
For there, those who led us captive asked us for songs.
Those who tormented us demanded songs of joy...
4
How can we sing the LORD’s song in a foreign land?
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5
If I forget you, Jerusalem,
let my right hand forget its skill.
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6
Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I don’t remember
you,
if I don’t prefer Jerusalem abo...
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7
Remember, LORD, against the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem,
who said, “Raze it!
Raze it ev...
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8
Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction,
he will be happy who repays you,
as you have done to us.
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9
Happy shall he be,
who takes and dashes your little ones against the rock.
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