Psalm 137:4 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

How shall we sing the Lord's song in a foreign land?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

How shall we sing The LORD's song in a strange land?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land?

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

But how could we possibly sing the LORD’s song on foreign soil?

Catholic Public Domain Version

May all the kings of the earth confess to you, O Lord. For they have heard all the words of your mouth.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

May all the kings of the earth give glory to thee: for they have heard all the words of thy mouth.

Psalm 137:4 Cross References

Ecclesiastes 3:4

a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

Isaiah 22:12

In that day the Lord God of hosts called to weeping and mourning, to baldness and girding with sackcloth;

Isaiah 49:21

Then you will say in your heart: ‘Who has borne me these? I was bereaved and barren, exiled and put away, but who has brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; whence then have these come?’ ”

Hosea 9:4

They shall not pour libations of wine to the Lord; and they shall not please him with their sacrifices. Their bread shall be like mourners' bread; all who eat of it shall be defiled; for their bread shall be for their hunger only; it shall not come to the house of the Lord.

Amos 8:3

The songs of the temple shall become wailings in that day,” says the Lord God; “the dead bodies shall be many; in every place they shall be cast out in silence.”