Psalms 137:4
How can we sing the Lord's song in a foreign land?
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
How shall we sing the LORD’S song in a strange land?
In Context
5If I forget you, Jerusalem,let my right hand forget its skill.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 3:4a time to weep,and a time to laugh;a time to mourn,and a time to dance;
Isaiah 49:21Then you will say in your heart, 'Who has conceived these for me, since I have been bereaved of my children, and am solitary, an exile, and wandering back and forth? Who has brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where were they?'"
Hosea 9:4They won't pour out wine offerings to the Lord,neither will they be pleasing to him.Their sacrifices will be to them like the bread of mourners;all who eat of it will be polluted;for their bread will be for their appetite.It will not come into the house of the Lord.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 137:2-7
The Sorrows of Captivity. 1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. 2 We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. 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. 4 How shall we sing the Lord 's song in a strange land? 5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. 6 If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof… Read the whole commentary →