Psalms 137:3 — King James Version← Study notes

“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 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 137:312 words

HebrewMeaning

כִּ֤יkiy

forconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

שָׁ֨םšām

thereadvH8033

thence · there (-in · of · out) ···

שְֽׁאֵל֪וּ/נוּšəʾēlwnw

they asked usverbH7592

on) · beg · borrow · lay to charge ···

שׁוֹבֵ֡י/נוּšwōbēynw

captors ourverbH7617

carry · carry away · lead · lead away ···

דִּבְרֵיdibərēy

words ofnounH1697

advice · affair · answer · any such ···

שִׁ֭ירšiyr

a songnounH7892

sing(-er · -ing) · song

וְ/תוֹלָלֵ֣י/נוּwətwōlālēynw

and mockers ourconjH8437

שִׂמְחָ֑הśiməḥāh

gladnessnounH8057

exceeding · joy · mirth · pleasure ···

שִׁ֥ירוּšiyrw

singverbH7891

לָ֝֗/נוּlānw

pron

מִ/שִּׁ֥ירmišiyr

one of the songs ofpronH7892

sing(-er · -ing) · song

צִיּֽוֹןṣiywōn

ZionnounH6726

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 137:3

1. ...But today we have sung, “By the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept, when we remembered Sion” Psalm 136:1.... 2. Observe “the waters of Babylon.” “The waters of Babylon” are all things which here are loved, and pass away. One man, for example, loves to practise husbandry, to grow rich thereby, to employ his mind therein, thence to gain pleasure: let him observe the issue, and see that what he has loved is not a foundation of Jerusalem, but a stream of Babylon.…
Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 137

Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain

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