OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 3

Psalms 137:3

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!”

THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE

Psalms 137:3 in context

Psalms 137:1–6

By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down.

Yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion.

On the willows in that land,

we hung up our harps.

Selected verse

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!”

How can we sing the LORD’s song in a foreign land?

If I forget you, Jerusalem,

let my right hand forget its skill.

Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I don’t remember you,

if I don’t prefer Jerusalem above my chief joy.

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