Psalms 137:4

Coverdale Bible (1535)

How shal we synge the LORDES songe in a strauge lode?

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  • Eccl 3:4 : 4 A tyme to wepe, and a tyme to laugh: A tyme to mourne, and a tyme to daunse:
  • Isa 22:12 : 12 And at the same tyme shal ye LORDE of hoostes cal me to wepinge mourninge, to baldnesse and puttinge on of sack clothe.
  • Isa 49:21 : 21 Then shalt thou thinke by thy self: Who hath begotte me these? seinge I am bare & aloe, a captyue & an outcast? And who hath norished the vp for me? I am desolate & alone, but fro whece come these?
  • Lam 5:14-15 : 14 The elders syt no more vnder the gates, and the yonge men vse nomore playenge of Musick. 15 The ioye of oure herte is gone, oure mery quere is turned in to mourninge.
  • Hos 9:4 : 4 They poure out no wyne for a drinkofferinge vnto the LORDE, nether geue they him their slayne offeringes: but they be vnto them as mourners meates, wherin all they that eate them, are defyled. For the bred that they haue soch lust vnto, shal not come in the house of the LORDE.
  • Amos 8:3 : 3 In that daye shall the songes off the temple be turned in to sorow, sayeth the LORDE God. Many deed bodyes shal lye in euery place, & be cast forth secretly.

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  • Ps 137:1-3
    3 verses
    86%

    1By the waters of Babilon we sat downe and wepte, when we remebred Sion.

    2As for oure harpes, we hanged them vp vpon the trees, that are therin.

    3The, they that led vs awaye captyue, requyred of vs a songe and melody in or heuynes: synge vs one of the songes of Sion.

  • Ps 137:5-6
    2 verses
    73%

    5Yf I forget the (o Ierusalem) let my right hande be forgotten.

    6Yf I do not remembre the, let my tonge cleue to the rofe of my mouth: yee yf I preferre not Ierusalem in my myrth.

  • Ps 126:1-4
    4 verses
    72%

    1When the LORDE turneth agayne ye captiuyte of Sion, then shal we be like vnto them that dreame.

    2The shal oure mouth be fylled with laughter, and oure tonge with ioye.

    3Then shal it be sayed amonge the Heithen: the LORDE hath done greate thinges for them.

    4Yee the LORDE hath done greate thinges for vs allready, wherof we reioyse.

  • 54Thy statutes are my songes in the house of my pilgremage.

  • 20That thou smytest vs so in the place of the serpet, & couerest vs with ye shadowe of death.

  • 20Delyuer vs (o LORDE) and we wil synge prayses in thy house, all the dayes of oure life.

  • 1How longe wilt thou forget me, o LORDE? for euer? how longe wilt thou hyde thy face fro me?

  • Ps 98:4-5
    2 verses
    71%

    4He hath remembred his mercy and trueth towarde the house of Israel: so that all the endes of the worlde se the sauynge health of oure God.

    5Shewe youre self ioyfull vnto the LORDE all ye londes, synge, reioyse and geue thankes.

  • 6Oh yt the sauynge health were geuen vnto Israel out of Sion: Oh that the LORDE wolde delyuer his people out of captiuyte. Then shulde Iacob reioyse, & Israel shulde be right glad.

  • 20Wherfore wilt thou still forget vs, and forsake vs so longe?

  • 19For there is a lamentable noyse herde of Sion: O how are we so sore destroyed? O how are we so piteously confounded? We must forsake oure owne naturall countre, and we are shot out of oure owne lodgiges.

  • 47Delyuer vs (o LORDE oure God) & gather vs from amoge the Heithen: that we maye geue thankes to thy holy name, & make oure boast of thy prayse.

  • 1Halleluya. O synge vnto ye LORDE a new songe, let the cogregacion of sayntes prayse him.

  • 24Wherfore hydest thou thy face? wilt thou clene forget oure misery and oppressio?

  • Lam 5:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1Call to remebraunce (O LORDE) what we haue suffred, cosidre and se oure cofucion.

    2Oure enheritaunce is turned to the straungers, & oure houses to the aleauntes.

  • 11and beholde, they deale contrarely with vs, and come to thrust vs out of the inheritaunce, that thou hast geuen vs in possession.

  • 2Wherfore shal the Heithen saye: where is now their God?

  • 19But yf they saye: wherfore doth the LORDE oure God all this vnto vs? Then answere them: because, that like as ye haue forsake me, and serued straunge goddes in youre owne londe, euen so shall ye serue other goddes also in a straunge londe.

  • 1Lorde, remembre Dauid and all his trouble.

  • 1O prayse the LORDE, for it is a good thinge to synge prayses vnto or God: yee a ioyfull and pleasaunt thinge is it to be thankfull.

  • 7As for you, ye haue made a mocke at the coucell of the poore, because he putteth his trust in the LORDE. Oh yt the sauynge health were geuen vnto Israel out off Sion. Oh that the LORDE wolde delyuer his people out of captiuyte. The shulde Iacob reioyse, and Israel shulde be right glad.

  • 1When Israel came out of Egipte, & the house of Iacob from amonge that straunge people.

  • 19in the courtes of the LORDES house, eue in the myddest of the, o Ierusalem. Halleluya.

  • 4Why art thou so full of heuynes (o my soule) & why art thou so vnquiete within me?

  • 8For thou art the comforte & helpe of Israel in the tyme of trouble. Why wilt thou be as a straunger in the Londe, and as one that goeth ouer the felde, ad cometh in only to remayne for a night?

  • 12Sela. Heare my prayer o LORDE, and considre my callinge: shewe not thy self as though thou sawest not my teares. For I am a straunger and pilgrymme with the, as all my forefathers were.

  • 19for lo, the voyce of the criege of my people is herde from a farre countre: Is not the LORDE in Sion? Is not he kinge in her? Wherfore then haue they greued me (shall the LORDE saye) with their ymages and foolish straunge fashions?

  • 12Wilt thou not be intreated (LORDE) for all this? Wilt thou holde thy peace, and scourge vs so sore?

  • 1O God, wherfore doest thou cast vs so cleane awaye? why is yi wrath so hote agaynst ye shepe of yi pasture?

  • 19Hast thou then vtterly forsaken Iuda? (sayde I) Dost thou so abhorre Sio? Or hast thou so plaged vs, that we can be healed nomore? We loked for peace, and there cometh no good: for the tyme of health, & lo, here is nothinge but trouble.

  • 17For the voyce of the slaunderer & blasphemer, for the enemie and auenger.

  • 9Be glad, o thou desolate Ierusale, & reioyse together: for the LORDE will coforte his people, he wil delyuer Ierusale.

  • 49What man is he that lyueth, and shal not se death? Maye a ma delyuer his owne soule from the honde of hell?

  • 4Therfore is my sprete vexed within me, and my herte within me is desolate.

  • 1O synge vnto the LORDE a new songe, synge vnto the LORDE all the whole earth.

  • 11O prayse the LORDE, which dwelleth in Sion shewe ye people of his doinges.

  • 4They wente astraye in the wildernesse in an vntroden waye, & founde no cite to dwell in.

  • 6O synge prayses, synge prayses vnto God: O synge prayses, synge prayses vnto oure kynge.

  • 2Take ye psalme, brynge hither the tabret, the mery harpe & lute.

  • 2Be ye sure, yt the LORDE he is God:

  • 35And saye: Helpe vs O God oure Sauioure, and gather vs together, and delyuer vs from the Heythen, that we maye geue thankes vnto yi holy name, and synge prayses vnto the in thy Psalmes.

  • 31my harpe is turned to sorow, & my pipe to wepinge.