Psalms 137:2
1 By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.
There on the willows we hung our harps,
3 for there our captors requested a song; our tormentors demanded songs of joy: “Sing us a song of Zion.”
4 How can we sing a song of the LORD in a foreign land?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- There on the willows we hung our harps,
- KJV
- We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
- WEB
- On the willows in that land, we hung up our harps.
- ASV
- Upon the willows in the midst thereof We hanged up our harps.
- DARBY
- We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
- BLB
- Upon the willows in her midst, we hung our harps.
- ÅB
- På vidjene der hengte vi våre harper;
- OTB
- På piletrærne der
Hengte vi opp våre harper. - B1930
- På vidjene der hengte vi våre harper;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezekiel 26:13
So I will silence the sound of your songs, and the music of your lyres will no longer be heard.
Read in contextIsaiah 24:8
The joyful tambourines have ceased; the noise of revelers has stopped; the joyful harp is silent.
Read in contextRevelation 18:22
And the sound of harpists and musicians, of flute players and trumpeters, will never ring out in you again. Nor will any craftsmen of any trade be found in you again, nor the sound of a millstone be heard in you again.
Read in contextPsalms 81:2
Lift up a song, strike the tambourine, play the sweet-sounding harp and lyre.
Read in contextAmos 8:10
I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation. I will cause everyone to wear sackcloth and every head to be shaved. I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son, and its outcome like a bitter day.
Read in contextPsalms 33:2
Praise the LORD with the harp; make music to Him with ten strings.
Read in context