Psalms 137:3
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.
Context
This verse from Psalms Chapter 137 connects to 10 cross-references. A lament of Babylonian exiles who hung their harps on willows, unable to sing the Lord's song in a foreign land. Those who demand songs of Zion receive the mournful question 'How shall we sing?' The psalm ends controversially with …
Other Translations
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.
For there our captors asked us the words of a song, And our spoilers--joy: `Sing ye to us of a song of Zion.'
For there those who had taken us prisoners made request for a song; and those who had taken away all we had gave us orders to be glad, saying, Give us one of the songs of Zion.
Cross References
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And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they …
That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in …
Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion: and unto thee shall the vow be performed.
O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on …
Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.
Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the …
And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: …