Psalms 137:4

Geneva Bible (1560)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 3:4 : 4 A time to weepe, and a time to laugh: a time to mourne, and a time to dance.
  • Isa 22:12 : 12 And in that day did the Lord God of hosts call vnto weeping and mourning, and to baldnes and girding with sackecloth.
  • Isa 49:21 : 21 Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten mee these, seeing I am baren and desolate, a captiue and a wanderer to and fro? And who hath nourished them? Beholde, I was left alone: whence are these?
  • Lam 5:14-15 : 14 The Elders haue ceased from the gate and the yong men from their songs. 15 The ioy of our heart is gone, our daunce is turned into mourning.
  • Hos 9:4 : 4 They shall not offer wine to the Lorde, neither shall their sacrifices be pleasant vnto him: but they shall be vnto them as the bread of mourners: al that eate thereof, shalbe polluted: for their bread for their soules shall not come into the house of the Lord.
  • Amos 8:3 : 3 And the songs of the Temple shalbe howlings in that day, saith the Lord God: many dead bodies shalbe in euery place: they shall cast them forth with silence.

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

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