Psalms 137:4

KJV1611 – Modern English

How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a foreign land?

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  • 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 GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth.
  • Isa 49:21 : 21 Then you shall say in your heart, Who has begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and moving to and fro? and who has brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where have they been?
  • Lam 5:14-15 : 14 The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their music. 15 The joy of our heart has ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
  • Hos 9:4 : 4 They shall not offer wine offerings to the LORD, neither shall they be pleasing unto him; their sacrifices shall be to them as the bread of mourners; all who eat thereof shall be polluted, for their bread for their soul shall not come into the house of the LORD.
  • Amos 8:3 : 3 And the songs of the temple shall be wailings in that day, declares the Lord GOD: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them out in silence.

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    86%

    1By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yes, we wept when we remembered Zion.

    2We hung our harps upon the willows in the midst of it.

    3For there, those who carried us away captive required of us a song; and those who wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.

  • Ps 137:5-6
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    5If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill.

    6If I do not remember you, let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth; if I do not prefer Jerusalem above my chief joy.

  • Ps 126:1-4
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    1When the LORD restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream.

    2Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then they said among the nations, The LORD has done great things for them.

    3The LORD has done great things for us; whereof we are glad.

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    54Your statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.

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    20If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;

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    20The LORD was ready to save me: therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the LORD.

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  • Ps 98:4-5
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    4Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.

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  • Ps 53:6
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    6Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When God brings back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

  • Lam 5:20
    70%

    20Why do You forget us forever, and forsake us for so long?

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    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 our dwellings have cast us out.'

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    1Remember, O LORD, what has come upon us; consider and behold our disgrace.

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  • 2 Chr 20:11
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    19And it shall come to pass, when you shall say, Why does the LORD our God do all these things to us? then you shall answer them, Just as you have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall you serve strangers in a land that is not yours.

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    12Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry; do not be silent at my tears: for I am a stranger with you, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.

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    69%

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