Psalm 137:4 - Easy To Read Version

But we can’t sing the Lord’s songs\par in a foreign country!\par

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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 Tagairtí Cros

Ecclesiastes 3:4

There is a time to cry,\par and a time to laugh.\par There is a time to be sad,\par and a time to dance from joy.\par

Isaiah 22:12

So, my Master, the Lord All-Powerful, will tell the people to cry and be sad \{for their dead friends\}. People will shave their heads and wear clothes of sadness.

Isaiah 49:21

Then you will say to yourself,\par ‘Who gave me all these children?\par This is very good!\par I was sad and lonely.\par I was defeated and away from my people.\par So who gave me these children?\par Look, I was left alone.\par Where did all these children come from?’”\par

Hosea 9:4

The Israelites will not give offerings of wine to the Lord. They will not offer sacrifices to him. Their sacrifices will be like food eaten at a funeral {\cf2\super [87]} —whoever eats it will become unclean. Their bread will not go into the Lord’s temple—they will have to eat that bread by themselves.

Amos 8:3

The temple {\cf2\super [99]} songs will become sad funeral songs. The Lord my Master said those things. There will be dead bodies everywhere. In silence, people will take out the dead bodies and throw them \{onto the pile\}.” {\cf2\super [100]}