Psalms 137:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

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High fidelity to original languages
Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Eccl 3:4 : 4 a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
Isa 22:12 : 12 And in that day did the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
Isa 49:21 : 21 Then shalt thou say in thy heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have been bereaved of my children, and am solitary, an exile, and wandering to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where were they?
Lam 5:14-15 : 14 The elders have ceased from the gate, The young men from their music. 15 The joy of our heart is ceased; Our dance is turned into mourning.
Hos 9:4 : 4 They shall not pour out [wine-] [offerings] to Jehovah, 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 shall be for their appetite; it shall not come into the house of Jehovah.
Amos 8:3 : 3 And the songs of the temple shall be wailings in that day, saith the Lord Jehovah: the dead bodies shall be many: in every place shall they cast them forth with silence.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Ps 137:1-3
3 verses
86%
1By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down, yea, we wept, When we remembered Zion.
2Upon the willows in the midst thereof We hanged up our harps.
3For there they that led us captive required of us songs, And they that wasted us [required of us] mirth, [saying], Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
Ps 137:5-6
2 verses
73%
5If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, Let my right hand forget [her skill].
6Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, If I remember thee not; If I prefer not Jerusalem Above my chief joy.
Ps 126:1-4
4 verses
72%
1A Song of Ascents. When Jehovah brought back those that returned to Zion, We were like unto them that dream.
2Then was our mouth filled with laughter, And our tongue with singing: Then said they among the nations, Jehovah hath done great things for them.
3Jehovah hath done great things for us, [Whereof] we are glad.
4Turn again our captivity, O Jehovah, As the streams in the South.
Ps 119:54
72%
54Thy statutes have been my songs In the house of my pilgrimage.
Ps 44:20
71%
20If we have forgotten the name of our God, Or spread forth our hands to a strange god;
Isa 38:20
71%
20Jehovah is [ready] to save me: Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments All the days of our life in the house of Jehovah.
Ps 13:1
71%
1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou forget me for ever? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
Ps 98:4-5
2 verses
71%
4Make a joyful noise unto Jehovah, all the earth: Break forth and sing for joy, yea, sing praises.
5Sing praises unto Jehovah with the harp; With the harp and the voice of melody.
Ps 53:6
70%
6Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When God bringeth back the captivity of his people, Then shall Jacob rejoice, [and] Israel shall be glad.
Lam 5:20
70%
20Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, [And] forsake us so long time?
Jer 9:19
70%
19For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we ruined! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because they have cast down our dwellings.
Ps 106:47
70%
47Save us, O Jehovah our God, And gather us from among the nations, To give thanks unto thy holy name, And to triumph in thy praise.
Ps 149:1
70%
1Praise ye Jehovah. Sing unto Jehovah a new song, And his praise in the assembly of the saints.
Ps 44:24
70%
24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
Lam 5:1-2
2 verses
70%
1Remember, O Jehovah, what is come upon us: Behold, and see our reproach.
2Our inheritance is turned unto strangers, Our houses unto aliens.
2 Chr 20:11
69%
11behold, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.
Ps 115:2
69%
2Wherefore should the nations say, Where is now their God?
Jer 5:19
69%
19And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore hath Jehovah our God done all these things unto us? then shalt thou say unto them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served foreign gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours.
Ps 132:1
69%
1A Song of Ascents. Jehovah, remember for David All his affliction;
Ps 147:1
69%
1Praise ye Jehovah; For it is good to sing praises unto our God; For it is pleasant, [and] praise is comely.
Ps 14:7
69%
7Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When Jehovah bringeth back the captivity of his people, Then shall Jacob rejoice, [and] Israel shall be glad.
Ps 114:1
69%
1When Israel went forth out of Egypt, The house of Jacob from a people of strange language;
Ps 116:19
69%
19In the courts of Jehovah's house, In the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye Jehovah.
Ps 42:4
69%
4These things I remember, and pour out my soul within me, How I went with the throng, and led them to the house of God, With the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping holyday.
Jer 14:8
69%
8O thou hope of Israel, the Saviour thereof in the time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a sojourner in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?
Ps 39:12
69%
12Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, and give ear unto my cry; Hold not thy peace at my tears: For I am a stranger with thee, A sojourner, as all my fathers were.
Jer 8:19
69%
19Behold, the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people from a land that is very far off: Is not Jehovah in Zion? is not her King in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with foreign vanities?
Isa 64:12
69%
12Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O Jehovah? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?
Ps 74:1
69%
1Maschil of Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast [us] off for ever? Why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
Jer 14:19
69%
19Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul loathed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and, behold, dismay!
Ps 44:17
69%
17All this is come upon us; Yet have we not forgotten thee, Neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
Isa 52:9
69%
9Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem; for Jehovah hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.
Ps 89:49
68%
49Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, Which thou swarest unto David in thy faithfulness?
Ps 143:4
68%
4Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; My heart within me is desolate.
Ps 96:1
68%
1Oh sing unto Jehovah a new song: Sing unto Jehovah, all the earth.
Ps 9:11
68%
11Sing praises to Jehovah, who dwelleth in Zion: Declare among the people his doings.
Ps 107:4
68%
4They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way; They found no city of habitation.
Ps 47:6
68%
6Sing praise to God, sing praises: Sing praises unto our King, sing praises.
Ps 81:2
68%
2Raise a song, and bring hither the timbrel, The pleasant harp with the psaltery.
Ps 100:2
68%
2Serve Jehovah with gladness: Come before his presence with singing.
1 Chr 16:35
68%
35And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, And gather us together and deliver us from the nations, To give thanks unto thy holy name, And to triumph in thy praise.
Job 30:31
68%
31Therefore is my harp [turned] to mourning, And my pipe into the voice of them that weep.