Psalm 137:3-5

Evangelical Heritage Version

³because there our captors asked us for words of a song,
and our tormentors asked for a happy song:
“Sing for us one of the songs of Zion!”

⁴How can we sing a song of the Lord on foreign soil?
⁵If I forget you, Jerusalem,
may my right hand forget how to play music.^[a]

Psalm 137:5 The words how to play music are supplied to clarify the point of reference.

Psalm 137:3-5

New International Version

³for there our captors^(A) asked us for songs,
our tormentors demanded^(B) songs of joy;
they said, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”^(C)

⁴How can we sing the songs of the Lord^(D)
while in a foreign land?
⁵If I forget you,^(E) Jerusalem,
may my right hand forget its skill.

Evangelical Heritage Version (EHV)

New International Version (NIV)