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Psalm 137:3

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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Psalm 137:3 in other translations

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!”

Psalm 137:3 · World English Bible

Psalm 137:3 in context

  1. 1By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down, yea, we wept, When we remembered Zion.
  2. 2Upon the willows in the midst thereof We hanged up our harps.
  3. 3For 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.
  4. 4How shall we sing Jehovah’s song In a foreign land?
  5. 5If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, Let my right hand forget her skill.