Psalm 137:4

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Here in a foreign land, how can we sing about the LORD?

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 3:4

for crying and laughing, weeping and dancing,

Isaiah 22:12

When all this happened, the LORD All-Powerful told you to weep and mourn, to shave your heads, and wear sackcloth.

Isaiah 49:21

and Jerusalem will ask, “Am I really their mother? How could I have given birth when I was still mourning in a foreign land? Who raised these children? Where have they come from?”

Hosea 9:4

You won't be able to offer sacrifices of wine to the LORD. None of your sacrifices will please him— they will be unclean like food offered to the dead. Your food will only be used to satisfy your hunger; none of it will be brought to the LORD's temple.

Amos 8:3

Instead of singing in the temple, they will cry and weep. Dead bodies will be everywhere. So keep silent! I, the LORD, have spoken!”