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Psalms 137:4

137:3 For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion. a song: Heb. the words of a song wasted: Heb. laid us on heaps
How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a strange land? strange: Heb. land of a stranger?

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How can we sing Yahweh’s song in a foreign land?

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

How shall we sing the LORD’s song in a strange land?

137:5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.

What does Psalms 137:4 mean?

Psalms 137:4 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include שִׁיר (shîyr), יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh), נֵכָר (nêkâr).

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How
shall
we
singשִׁירshîyr/sheer/H7891to sing
the
LORD'SיְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâh/yeh-ho-vaw'/H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
songשִׁירshîyr/sheer/H7892a song; abstractly, singing
in
a
strangeנֵכָרnêkâr/nay-kawr'/H5236foreign, or (concretely) a foreigner, or (abstractly) heathendom
land?אֲדָמָהʼădâmâh/ad-aw-maw'/H127soil (from its general redness)
strange:
Heb.
land
of
a
stranger?

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 137:4.

1 Chronicles 15:16

And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.

2 Chronicles 23:13

And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the entering in, and the princes and the trumpets by the king: and all the people of the land rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets, also the singers with instruments of musick, and such as taught to sing praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason, Treason. Treason: Heb. Conspiracy

2 Chronicles 29:28

And all the congregation worshipped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded: and all this continued until the burnt offering was finished. singers: Heb. song

2 Chronicles 5:13

It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the LORD;

Exodus 15:1

Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.

Genesis 2:19

And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. Adam: or, the man

Genesis 2:5

And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.

Genesis 2:7

And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. of the dust: Heb. dust of the ground

Frequently asked questions

What does Psalms 137:4 say?

Psalms 137:4 (King James Version) reads: "How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a strange land? strange: Heb. land of a stranger?"

Is Psalms 137:4 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 137:4 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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