Psalm 137:3

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

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Berean Standard Bible

for there our captors requested a song; our tormentors demanded songs of joy: “Sing us a song of Zion.”

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KJV

King James Version

For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us [required of us] mirth, [saying], Sing us [one] of the songs of Zion.

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WEB

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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ASV

American Standard Version

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.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Psalm 137

¹ By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.

² There on the willows we hung our harps,

³ for there our captors requested a song; our tormentors demanded songs of joy: “Sing us a song of Zion.”

⁴ How can we sing a song of the LORD in a foreign land?

⁵ If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand cease to function.

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