Psalm 137:4 - The Scriptures 2009

⁴ How could we sing the song of יהוה On foreign soil?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ How shall we sing The LORD's song in a strange land?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land?

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ How shall we sing Jehovah’s song In a foreign land?

Common English Bible

⁴ But how could we possibly sing the LORD’s song on foreign soil?

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ 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

⁴ 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

And in that day the Master יהוה of hosts called for weeping and for mourning, for baldness and for girding with sackcloth.

Isaiah 49:21

“And you shall say in your heart, ‘Who has brought forth these for me, since I am bereaved and barren, an exile, and wandering to and fro? And who reared them? See, I was left alone – from where did these come?’ ”

Hosea 9:4

They do not pour wine offerings to יהוה, nor are they pleasing to Him. Their slaughterings are like bread of mourners to them, all who eat it are defiled. For their bread is for their beings, it does not come into the House of יהוה.

Amos 8:3

“And the songs of the Hĕḵal shall be wailing in that day,” declares the Master יהוה, “many dead bodies everywhere, thrown into any place – hush!”