Verse 3
Psalms 137:3
Literal Standard Version
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For there our captors asked us the words of a song, || And our spoilers—joy: “Sing to us of a song 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 rivers of Babylon—There we sat, || Indeed, we wept when we remembered Zion.
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2
We hung our harps on willows in its midst.
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3
For there our captors asked us the words of a song, || And our spoilers—joy: “Sing to us of a song o...
4
How do we sing the song of YHWH, || On the land of a stranger?
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5
If I forget you, O Jerusalem, my right hand forgets!
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6
My tongue cleaves to my palate, || If I do not remember you, || If I do not exalt Jerusalem above my...
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7
Remember, YHWH, for the sons of Edom, || The day of Jerusalem, || Those saying, “Raze, raze to its f...
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8
O daughter of Babylon, O destroyed one, || O the blessedness of him who repays to you your deed, ||...
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9
O the blessedness of him who seizes, and has dashed your sucklings on the rock!
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