Psalms 137:4
How shall we sing the Lord’s song in a strange land?
Context
This verse from Psalms Chapter 137 connects to 7 cross-references. A lament of Babylonian exiles who hung their harps on willows, unable to sing the Lord's song in a foreign land. Those who demand songs of Zion receive the mournful question 'How shall we sing?' The psalm ends controversially with …
Other Translations
How shall we sing Jehovah’s song In a foreign land?
How do we sing the song of Jehovah, On the land of a stranger?
How may we give the Lord's song in a strange land?
Cross References
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
And in that day did the Lord God of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and …
Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am …
The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.
The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
They shall not offer wine offerings to the Lord, neither shall they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices shall be …
And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord God: there shall be many …