PSA 137:3 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Ἐν ᾗ ἂν ἡμέρᾳ ἐπικαλέσωμαί σε, ταχὺ ἐπάκουσόν μου· πολυωρήσεις με ἐν ψυχῇ μου δυνάμει σου.
(En haʸ an haʸmera epikalesōmai se, taⱪu epakouson mou; poluōraʸseis me en psuⱪaʸ mou dunamei sou. )

BrTr In whatsoever day I shall call upon thee, hear me speedily; thou shalt abundantly provide me with thy power in my soul.

ULT For there our captors demanded that we sing songs,
⇔ and those who relentlessly mocked us said,
⇔ “Sing to us from the songs of Zion.”

UST The soldiers who had captured us and taken us to Babylonia forced us to sing for them;
⇔ they told us to entertain them; they said,
⇔ “Sing for us one of the songs that you previously sang in Jerusalem!”

BSB for there our captors requested a song;
⇔ our tormentors demanded songs of joy:
⇔ “Sing us a song of Zion.”

OEB For there our captors called for a song:
⇔ our tormentors, rejoicing, saying:
⇔ ‘Sing us one of the songs of Zion.’

WEBBE For there, those who led us captive asked us for songs.
⇔ Those who tormented us demanded songs of joy:
⇔ “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”

WMBB (Same as above)

NET for there our captors ask us to compose songs;
⇔ those who mock us demand that we be happy, saying:
⇔ “Sing for us a song about Zion!”

LSV For there our captors asked us the words of a song,
And our spoilers—joy: “Sing to us of a song of Zion.”

FBV For those who had taken us captive asked us for a song—our tormentors wanted us to sing a happy song from Jerusalem.

T4T The soldiers who had captured us and taken us to Babylonia told us to sing for them;
⇔ they told us to ◄entertain them/make them happy►, saying,
⇔ “Sing for us one of the songs that you previously sang in Jerusalem!”

LEB • words of a song, • and our tormentors[fn] asked of us jubilation, • “Sing for us from a song of Zion.”

137:? Only occurring once in the MT, this interpretation is uncertain. The LXX’s “carried us captive” is a guess. If related to the Hebrew root yll it might have the idea of “mockers/yammerers”

BBE For there those who had taken us prisoners made request for a song; and those who had taken away all we had gave us orders to be glad, saying, Give us one of the songs of Zion.

Moff when our tyrants asked for a song;
⇔ those who had harried us bade us be merry,
⇔ “Sing us a song of Sion,” they said.

JPS For there they that led us captive asked of us words of song, and our tormentors asked of us mirth: 'Sing us one of the songs of Zion.'

ASV For there they that led us captive required of us songs,
⇔ And they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying,
⇔ Sing us one of the songs of Zion.

DRA In what day soever I shall call upon thee, hear me: thou shall multiply strength in my soul.

YLT For there our captors asked us the words of a song, And our spoilers — joy: 'Sing ye to us of a song of Zion.'

Drby For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that made us wail [required] mirth, [saying,] Sing us [one] of the songs of Zion.

RV For there they that led us captive required of us songs, and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.

Wbstr 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.

KJB-1769 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.[fn][fn]

137.3 a song: Heb. the words of a song

137.3 wasted…: Heb. laid us on heaps

KJB-1611 [fn][fn]For there they that carried vs away captiue, required of vs a song, and they that wasted vs, required of vs mirth: saying, Sing vs one of the songs of Zion.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation and footnotes))

137:3 Heb. the words of a song.

137:3 Heb. layd vs on heapes.

Bshps For there they that led vs away captiue required of vs some matter of a song: and for our waylynges myrth, saying sing vs one of the songes of Sion.
(For there they that led us away captive required of us some matter of a song: and for our waylynges myrth, saying sing us one of the songes of Sion.)

Gnva Then they that ledde vs captiues, required of vs songs and mirth, when wee had hanged vp our harpes, saying, Sing vs one of the songs of Zion.
(Then they that led us captives, required of us songs and mirth, when we had hanged up our harps, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion. )

Cvdl The, they that led vs awaye captyue, requyred of vs a songe and melody in or heuynes: synge vs one of the songes of Sion.
(The, they that led us away captive, required of us a songe and melody in or heuynes: sing us one of the songes of Sion.)

Wycl In what euere dai Y schal inwardli clepe thee, here thou me; thou schalt multipli vertu in my soule.
(In what euere day I shall inwardli clepe thee/you, here thou/you me; thou/you shalt multipli virtue in my soul.)

Luth Denn daselbst hießen uns singen, die uns gefangen hielten, und in unserm Heulen fröhlich sein: Lieber, singet uns ein Lied von Zion!
(Because there hießen us/to_us/ourselves singen, the us/to_us/ourselves gefangen hielten, and in unserm Heulen fröhlich sein: Lieber, singet us/to_us/ourselves a Lied from Zion!)

ClVg In quacumque die invocavero te, exaudi me; multiplicabis in anima mea virtutem.[fn]
(In quacumque day invocavero you(sg), exaudi me; multiplicabis in anima mea virtutem. )

137.3 In anima. Et quia in anima potest fieri carnalis multiplicatio, addit, virtutem quasi non aliud in anima peto, nisi virtutem.

137.3 In anima. And because in anima potest to_be_done carnalis multiplicatio, addit, virtutem as_if not/no something_else in anima peto, nisi virtutem.

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