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Psalms 137:2

GriefDiscouragement and depressionPraise and worship

1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.

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?

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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)

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Cross references

  • Ezekiel 26:13

    And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound of thy harps shall be no more heard.

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  • Isaiah 24:8

    The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.

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  • Revelation 18:22

    And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;

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  • Psalms 81:2

    Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.

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  • Amos 8:10

    And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.

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  • Psalms 33:2

    Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.

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