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Psalms 137:4 Cross-References
Explore 6 cross-references for Psalms 137:4 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Psalms chapter 137 verse 4 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a strange land? strange: Heb. land of a stranger?”
Psalms 137:4 (KJV)
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Commentary on Psalms 137:4
How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a strange land? (אֵיךְ נָשִׁיר אֶת־שִׁיר־יְהוָה עַל אַדְמַת נֵכָר)—The rhetorical question expresses impossibility, not mere difficulty. Eikh (how/in what manner) introduces lament elsewhere (Lamentations begins with this word). The LORD'S song (שִׁיר־יְהוָה) belongs to Yahweh and His sanctuary. In a strange land (עַל אַדְמַת נֵכָר)—nekhar (foreign/alien) soil is ritually and theologically unclean for temple worship.This isn't musical inability but theological integrity—Israel refuses to profane holy worship by divorcing it from covenant context. Yet parado...
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Cross-References for Psalms 137:4
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“says the Lord Yahweh. The dead bodies will be many. In every place they will throw them out with silence.”
“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 Yahweh.”
“the Lord”
“The young men from their music.”
“Who has conceived these for me”
“and a time to laugh; a time to mourn”