Psalms 137:3
For, there, our captors asked of us words of song, and our plunderers—gladness,—Sing us of the songs of Zion!
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
2Upon the willows—in the midst thereof, hanged we our lyres:
4How shall we sing the song of Yahweh, on a foreign soil?
Cross References
1 Chronicles 15:27Now, David, was wrapped about with a robe of byssus, with all the Levites who were bearing the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the leader of the service rendered by the singers,—but, upon David, was an ephod of white linen.
Nehemiah 4:2and spake before his brethren, and the army of Samaria, and said, What are, these feeble Jews, doing? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they bring to life the stones out of the heaps of dust, when, they, have been burned up?
Psalms 65:1Thine, are silence [and] praise, O God, in Zion,—And, to thee, shall be paid the vow.
Psalms 80:6Thou dost make us an object of contention to our neighbours, And, our foes, find mockery for themselves.
Proverbs 25:20As splendour of dress on a cold day—vinegar upon nitre, so is a singer with songs, unto a sad heart.
Isaiah 51:11Therefore, the ransomed of Yahweh, shall again come unto Zion, with shouts of triumph, With gladness age-abiding on their head,—Joy, and gladness, shall overtake [them]. Sorrow and sighing 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 →