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Psalm 137:2-4
GOD’S WORD Translation

2 We hung our lyres on willow trees.
3 It was there that those who had captured us demanded that we sing.
Those who guarded us wanted us to entertain them.
⌞They said,⌟ “Sing a song from Zion for us!”

4 How could we sing the Lord’s song in a foreign land?

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Psalm 137:2-4
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2 There on the poplars(A)
    we hung our harps,(B)
3 for there our captors(C) asked us for songs,
    our tormentors demanded(D) songs of joy;
    they said, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”(E)

4 How can we sing the songs of the Lord(F)
    while in a foreign land?

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