Psalms 137:2

Geneva Bible (1560)

Wee hanged our harpes vpon the willowes in the middes thereof.

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 24:8 : 8 The mirth of tabrets ceaseth: the noyse of them that reioyce, endeth: the ioye of the harpe ceaseth.
  • Ezek 26:13 : 13 Thus will I cause the sounde of thy songs to cease, and the sound of thine harpes shall be no more heard.
  • Amos 8:10 : 10 And I will turne your feastes into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation: and I will bring sackcloth vpon all loynes, and baldnes vpon euery head: and I will make it as the mourning of an onely sonne, and the ende thereof as a bitter day.
  • Rev 18:22 : 22 And the voyce of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpetters shalbe heard no more in thee, and no craftesman, of whatsoeuer craft he be, shall be found any more in thee: and the sound of a milstone shalbe heard no more in thee.
  • Ps 33:2 : 2 Prayse the Lord with harpe: sing vnto him with viole and instrument of ten strings.
  • Ps 81:2 : 2 Take the song and bring forth the timbrel, the pleasant harpe with the viole.

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    1By the riuers of Babel we sate, and there wee wept, when we remembred Zion.

  • Ps 137:3-6
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    3Then they that ledde vs captiues, required of vs songs and mirth, when wee had hanged vp our harpes, saying, Sing vs one of the songs of Zion.

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    5If I forget thee, O Ierusalem, let my right hand forget to play.

    6If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleaue to the roofe of my mouth: yea, if I preferre not Ierusalem to my chiefe ioy.

  • Ps 126:1-4
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    1A song of degres, or Psalme of Dauid. When ye Lord brought againe the captiuitie of Zion, we were like them that dreame.

    2Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with ioye: then sayd they among the heathen, The Lord hath done great things for them.

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  • Job 30:31
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    31Therefore mine harpe is turned to mourning, and mine organs into the voyce of them that weepe.

  • Isa 15:7
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    7Therefore what euery man hath left, and their substance shall they beare to the brooke of the willowes.

  • Lam 5:15-17
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    15The ioy of our heart is gone, our daunce is turned into mourning.

    16The crowne of our head is fallen: wo nowe vnto vs, that we haue sinned.

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  • Ps 92:3
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    3Vpon an instrument of tenne strings, and vpon the viole with the song vpon the harpe.

  • Lam 5:4-6
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    4Wee haue drunke our water for money, and our wood is solde vnto vs.

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    2Take the song and bring forth the timbrel, the pleasant harpe with the viole.

  • Ps 124:2-5
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    2If the Lord had not bene on our side, when men rose vp against vs,

    3They had then swallowed vs vp quicke, when their wrath was kindled against vs.

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  • Jer 9:18-19
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    18And let them make haste, & let them take vp a lamentation for vs, that our eyes may cast out teares & our eye liddes gush out of water.

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  • Ps 2:3
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    3Let vs breake their bands, and cast their cordes from vs.

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    5Sing prayse to the Lorde vpon the harpe, euen vpon the harpe with a singing voyce.

  • Job 40:22
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    22(40:17) Can the trees couer him with their shadow? or can the willowes of the riuer compasse him about?

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    17All this is come vpon vs, yet doe wee not forget thee, neither deale wee falsly concerning thy couenant.

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    2Prayse the Lord with harpe: sing vnto him with viole and instrument of ten strings.

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    2Our feete shall stand in thy gates, O Ierusalem.

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    4There were also that said, We haue borowed money for the Kings tribute vpon our landes and our vineyardes.

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    9For though we were bondmen, yet our God hath not forsaken vs in our bondage, but hath enclined mercy vnto vs in the sight of the Kings of Persia, to giue vs life, & to erect the house of our God, & to redresse the places thereof, and to giue vs a wall in Iudah and in Ierusalem.

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    6Thou hast made vs a strife vnto our neighbours, and our enemies laugh at vs among themselues.

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