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Psalms 137:3
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Psalms 137:3
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for there our captors asked us for songs, our tormentors demanded songs of joy; they said, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”
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Psalms 137:3 in Other Translations
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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.
ESV
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For there our captors required of us songs, and our tormentors, mirth, saying, "Sing us one of the songs of Zion!"
NLT
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For our captors demanded a song from us. Our tormentors insisted on a joyful hymn: “Sing us one of those songs of Jerusalem!”
MSG
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That's where our captors demanded songs, sarcastic and mocking: "Sing us a happy Zion song!"
CSB
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for our captors there asked us for songs, and our tormentors, for rejoicing: "Sing us one of the songs of Zion."
Psalms 137:3 In-Context
1
By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.
2
There on the poplars we hung our harps,
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for there our captors asked us for songs, our tormentors demanded songs of joy; they said, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”
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How can we sing the songs of the LORD while in a foreign land?
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If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill.
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Psalms 79:1-4
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Lamentations 1:5
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Job 30:9
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Psalms 80:6
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Ezekiel 16:57
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Ezekiel 22:4
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Ezekiel 34:29
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