Psalms 137:3

In whatsoever day I shall call upon thee, hear me speedily; 1 Thou shalt abundantly provide me with thy power in my soul. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King 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.

In Context

2I will worship toward thy holy temple, 1 And give thanks to thy name, 1 On account of thy mercy and thy truth; 1 For thou hast magnified thy holy name above everything. 1

4Let all the kings of the earth, O Lord, give thanks unto thee; 1 For they have heard all the words of thy mouth. 1

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 15:27And David was girded with a fine linen robe, and all the Levites who were bearing the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the band of singers; also upon David there was a robe of fine linen.

Psalms 65:1For the end, a Song of a Psalm of resurrection. 1 Shout unto God, all the earth. 1

Psalms 80:6He made it to be a testimony in Joseph, 1 When he came forth out of the land of Egypt: 1 He heard a language which he understood not. 1

Proverbs 25:20a As a moth in a garment, and a worm in wood, 1 So the grief of a man hurts the heart. 1

Isaiah 51:11for by the help of the Lord they shall return, and come to Zion with joy and everlasting exultation, for praise and joy shall come upon their head: pain, and grief, and groaning, have fled away.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 137:2-7

The Sorrows of Captivity. 1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. 2 We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. 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. 4 How shall we sing the Lord 's song in a strange land? 5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. 6 If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof… Read the whole commentary →

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