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Psalm 137:3

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3for there our captorsu asked us for songs,

our tormentors demandedv songs of joy;

they said, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”w

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Cross references

  1. uPs 79:1–4; La 1:5
  2. vSee Job 30:9; Ps 80:6
  3. wEze 16:57; 22:4; 34:29

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For there our captors

required of us songs,

and our tormentors, mirth, saying,

“Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

for our captors there asked us for songs,

and our tormentors, for rejoicing:

“Sing us one of the songs of Zion.”

NLTNew Living Translation

For our captors demanded a song from us.

Our tormentors insisted on a joyful hymn:

“Sing us one of those songs of Jerusalem!”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For there our captors asked of us

words of a song,

and our tormentors asked of us jubilation,

“Sing for us from a song of Zion.”

KJV 1900King 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.