Psalms 137:4
How shall we sing the song of Yahweh, on a foreign soil?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
How shall we sing the LORD’S song in a strange land?
In Context
5If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, Let my right-hand forget:
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 3:4A time to weep, and a time to laugh,—A time to wail, and a time to dance for joy;
Isaiah 49:21Then shalt thou say in thy heart,—Who hath borne me, these, Seeing, I, have been bereaved and unfruitful, a captive and banished? These, therefore, who hath brought them up? Lo! I, was left, alone, These, where were they?
Hosea 9:4They shall not pour out to Yahweh—wine, neither shall they be pleasing to him, their sacrifices, are as the food of mourning to them, all that eat thereof, shall defile themselves, because, their food for their appetite, entereth not into the house of Yahweh.
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 →