Psalm 137:4

English Standard Version 2016

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

Cross References

Amos 8:3

The songs of the temple shall become wailings in that day,” declares the Lord God. “So many dead bodies!” “They are thrown everywhere!” “Silence!”

Hosea 9:4

They shall not pour drink offerings of wine to the Lord, and their sacrifices shall not please him. It shall be like mourners’ bread to them; 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.

Isaiah 22:12

In that day the Lord God of hosts called for weeping and mourning, for baldness and wearing 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; from where have these come?’”

Ecclesiastes 3:4

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