OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 4

Psalms 137:4

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

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Psalms 137:4 in context

Psalms 137:1–7

1

By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down.

Yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion.

2

On the willows in that land,

we hung up our harps.

3

For there, those who led us captive asked us for songs.

Those who tormented us demanded songs of joy:

“Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”

4
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How can we sing the LORD’s song in a foreign land?

5

If I forget you, Jerusalem,

let my right hand forget its skill.

6

Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I don’t remember you,

if I don’t prefer Jerusalem above my chief joy.

7

Remember, LORD, against the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem,

who said, “Raze it!

Raze it even to its foundation!”

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