Psalm 137:4 - English Standard Version 2016

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

Tuilleadh leaganacha

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

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 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?’”

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.

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!”