Psalms 137:4
How shall we sing the LORD’s song in a strange land?
KJV
Confiteantur tibi, Domine, omnes reges terræ, quia audierunt omnia verba oris tui.
Vulgate
ἐξομολογησάσθωσάν σοι, Κύριε, πάντες οἱ βασιλεῖς τῆς γῆς, ὅτι ἤκουσαν πάντα τὰ ῥήματα τοῦ στόματός σου·
LXX
How shall we sing Jehovah’s song In a foreign land?
ASV
אֵ֗יךְ נָשִׁ֥יר אֶת שִׁיר יְהוָ֑ה עַ֝֗ל אַדְמַ֥ת נֵכָֽר
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֲדָמָ֔ה
'dmh
noun · 224×
אֵ֚יךְ
'yk
particle · 82×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
מְשֹׁ֣רְרִ֔ים
mshrrym
verb · 85×
נֵכָֽר
nkr
noun · 36×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
שִׁ֥יר
shyr
noun · 91×
Themes
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Amos 8:3 — And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord GOD: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence.
- Hos 9:4 — They shall not offer wine offerings to the LORD, neither shall they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices shall be unto them as the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted: for thei
- Isa 22:12 — And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
- Lam 5:14 — The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.