New American Standard Bible 2020

Psalms 137:2-4

2Upon the 1 2willows in the midst of it We 3hung our 4harps.3For there our captors 5 6demanded of us 7songs, And 8our tormentors, jubilation, saying, “Sing for us one of the songs of Zion!”

4How can we sing 9the Lord’s song In a foreign land?

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Notes

1. Psalms 137:2 Or poplars ↩
2. Psalms 137:2 Lev 23:40; Is 44:4 ↩
3. Psalms 137:2 Job 30:31; Is 24:8; Ezek 26:13 ↩
4. Psalms 137:2 Lit lyres ↩
5. Psalms 137:3 Lit asked ↩
6. Psalms 137:3 Ps 80:6 ↩
7. Psalms 137:3 Lit words of song ↩
8. Psalms 137:3 Is 49:17 ↩
9. Psalms 137:4 2 Chr 29:27; Neh 12:46 ↩

Commentaries on Psalms 137

Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
Tyndale Open Study Notes
Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
Rashi on Tanakh
Calvin’s Commentaries
Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
John Wesley’s Notes
The Treasury of David
Darby Translation Notes
Geneva Bible Translation Notes
Kingcomments
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary