Psalm 137:4 “How can we sing a song of the LORD in a foreign land?”

Psalm 137:4

How can we sing a song of the LORD in a foreign land?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

How can we sing the LORD’s song in a foreign land?

American Standard Version

How shall we sing Jehovah’s song In a foreign land?

Geneva Bible 1599

Howe shall we sing, said we, a song of the Lord in a strange land?

Darby Translation

How should we sing a song of Jehovah's upon a foreign soil?

Young's Literal Translation

How do we sing the song of Jehovah, On the land of a stranger?

Bible in Basic English

How may we give the Lord's song in a strange land?

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Cross references

“How shall”

Isaiah 22:12 Amos 8:3 Hosea 9:4 Ecclesiastes 3:4 Lamentations 5:14 Lamentations 5:15

Isaiah 22:12 · BSB

On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.

Amos 8:3 · BSB

“In that day,” declares the Lord GOD, “the songs of the temple will turn to wailing. Many will be the corpses, strewn in silence everywhere!”

Hosea 9:4 · BSB

They will not pour out wine offerings to the LORD, and their sacrifices will not please Him, but will be to them like the bread of mourners; all who eat will be defiled. For their bread will be for themselves; it will no…

Ecclesiastes 3:4 · BSB

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

Lamentations 5:14 · BSB

The elders have left the city gate; the young men have stopped their music.

Lamentations 5:15 · BSB

Joy has left our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.

“strange land”

Isaiah 49:21

Isaiah 49:21 · BSB

Then you will say in your heart, ‘Who has begotten these for me? I was bereaved and barren; I was exiled and rejected. So who has reared them? Look, I was left all alone, so where did they come from?’”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

3for there our captors requested a song; our tormentors demanded songs of joy: “Sing us a song of Zion.”

5If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand cease to function.

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