“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.”
Psalms 137:3 (KJV) |
Psalms 137:3
From Psalms 137, in the Book of Psalms (Old Testament).
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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.