They request a song

They request a song

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.
Psalms 137:3 BBE



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blessed be the name of the Lord blessed
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be the name of the Lord his name is
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Jesus so Lord we thank you for being our
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Lord our God our King our salvation our
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wisdom our wisdom our shield our sword
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with your mighty right arm stretched out
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before us before us Lord when our
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enemies when your enemies Lord say give
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us one of the songs of Zion when they
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have us in captivity when they think
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they have a sing captivity for no one
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holds anything of the Lord in captivity
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no one no one makes a trap for the
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people of the Lord they are making a
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trap in the hand of the Lord
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think about that blessed be the Lord
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blessed be the Lord they say give us one
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of the songs of Zion give us one of the
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songs of Zion entertain us entertain us
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that’s what they think we are good for
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Lord for entertainment entertain us well
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do you what we do might be foolishness
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but we know it is the power of our Lord
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the power of God entertain us give us
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one of the songs of Zion give us one of
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the songs of Zion as long as you’re
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entertaining to them they’ll allow you
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to live as soon as you come up for
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justice for justice then you’re someone
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that they seek to destroy in any way
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possible first they start by defaming
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you
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by using whatever they can find to turn
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people against you for the lion the lion
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roams the earth seeking whom to devour
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he separates this other the lions hunt
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on the Serengeti plains they run after a
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herd they run after a herd making the
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strong ones run away and the weaker ones
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stay behind they separate the prey and
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once the prey is separated then they
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attack it then they attack it but we
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praise the Lord for being who he is
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a lamb and a lion king of kings lord of
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lords a lion disguised as a lamb who
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gave up his life who stayed behind when
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the herd ran away so that the opposing
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lion might jump on him and think he
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would devour him and then utterly defeat
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him that is how the Lord and his
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man-of-war wage war remember Elias
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Jezebel Oh Jesse bail bring up your
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eight hundred priests and let us both
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make a fire let us bow put some logs
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there and let us wet it and see where
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the Lord will let fire fall if you win
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you win
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if I win well we all know what happened
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in that story right all the eight
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hundred priests of Jezebel were put to
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the sword
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by death one man that one warrior of the
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Lord blessed be the Lord lion and lamb
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the Lion of Judah or Lord or King our
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salvation under his mighty wings we take
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cover with his mighty right arm
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stretched out before us executing the
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judgment written blessed be the Lord
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blessed be the Lord in Jesus mighty name
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amen
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give us one of the songs of Zion
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entertain us Lord give us your word
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speak with your voice into our hearts
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that belong to you Psalms 137 verse one
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Psalms 137 verse one by the river
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of Babylon we were seated weeping at the
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memory of Zion hanging our instruments
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of music on the trees by the waterside
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for there those who had taken us
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prisoners made requests for a song and
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those who had taken away all we had gave
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us orders to be glad saying give us one
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of the songs of Zion how may we give the
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Lord’s song in a strange land if I keep
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not your memory
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o Jerusalem let not my right hand keep
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the memory of its art if I let you go
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out of my tots and if I do not put
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Jerusalem before my greatest joy let my
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tongue be fixed to the roof of my mouth
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Oh Lord
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keep in mind against the children of
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Edom the day of Jerusalem how they said
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let it be uncovered uncovered even to
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its base o daughter of Babylon whose
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fate is destruction happy is the man who
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does to you what you have done to us o
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daughter of Babylon whose fate is
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disruption happy is the man who does to
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you what you have done to us happy is
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the man who takes your little ones
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crushing them against the rocks blessed
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be the name of the Lord blessed be the
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name of the Lord blessed be the name of
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the Lord and remember God is spirit God
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is spirit and it’s not about crushing
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any child or this or that
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it is about utterly defeating the
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enemies of the Lord and those who keep
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his people in bondage and seek to keep
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us as prisoners and have us entertain
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them as long as we entertain them we
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well I’m gonna say yeah then we’re gonna
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say we we be good Negroes Massa we be
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good Negroes but the only thing that
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counts is justice and if you want peace
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you can only have peace if there is
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justice for all for all for all blessed
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be the name of the Lord our Lord our
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master our King king of all Kings Lord
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of lords God over all God’s blessed be
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the Lord the only one who holds the
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known and unknown universe in the palm
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of his hand in Jesus mighty name