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Tehillim 137:3-5
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3 For there they that carried us away captive required of us a shir (song); and they that tormented us required of us simchah, saying, Sing us one of the Shir Tziyon.

4 How shall we sing Shir Hashem in an admat nekhar (foreign land).

5 If I forget thee, O Yerushalayim, let my yamin (right hand) forget [i.e., have paralysis].

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Psalm 137:3-5
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3 for 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)

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

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