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Psalms 137:4

The stranger and outcastGriefPraise and worship

2 We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.

3 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.

How shall we sing the LORD’s song in a strange land?

5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.

6 If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.

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BSB
How can we sing a song of the LORD in a foreign land?
KJV
How shall we sing the LORD’s song in a strange land?
WEB
How can we sing the LORD’s song in a foreign land?
ASV
How shall we sing Jehovah`s song In a foreign land?
DARBY
How should we sing a song of Jehovah's upon a foreign soil?
BLB
How can we sing a song of YHWH in a foreign land?
ÅB
Hvordan skulle vi synge Herrens sang på fremmed jord?
OTB
Hvordan kan vi synge Herrens sang
I et fremmed land?
B1930
Hvorledes skulde vi synge Herrens sang på fremmed jord?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Amos 8:3

    And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord GOD: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence.

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  • Isaiah 22:12

    And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:

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  • Hosea 9:4

    They shall not offer wine offerings to the LORD, neither shall they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices shall be unto them as the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted: for their bread for their soul shall not come into the house of the LORD.

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  • Lamentations 5:14–15

    The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.

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  • Ecclesiastes 3:4

    A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

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  • Isaiah 49:21

    Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where had they been?

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