Psalms 137:4
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Psalms 137:4 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Psalms 137:4 is a verse from the book of Psalms in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a strange land? strange...: Heb. land of a stranger?" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Psalms 137:4 — KJV
“How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a strange land? strange...: Heb. land of a stranger?”
— Psalms 137:4 (KJV)
Psalms 137:4 in Context — About the Book of Psalms
Psalms is the Bible's prayer book — 150 songs covering every emotion a praying person will ever feel: praise, panic, gratitude, grief, fury, and quiet trust. For three thousand years believers have borrowed these words when their own run out. If you can feel it, there is a psalm for it.
Cross-References for Psalms 137:4
“And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham. wherein...: Heb. of thy sojournings”
Shares key themes with Psalms 137:4: sing, strange, land
“But the soul that doeth ought presumptuously, whether he be born in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people. presumptuously: Heb. with an high hand”
Shares key themes with Psalms 137:4: lord, strange, land
“So that the generation to come of your children that shall rise up after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses which the LORD hath laid upon it; which...: Heb. wherewith the LORD hath made it sick”
Shares key themes with Psalms 137:4: lord, strange, land
“And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them. sleep: Heb. lie down”
Shares key themes with Psalms 137:4: lord, strange, land
“And I will make the rivers dry, and sell the land into the hand of the wicked: and I will make the land waste, and all that is therein, by the hand of strangers: I the LORD have spoken it. dry: Heb. drought all...: Heb. the fulness thereof”
Shares key themes with Psalms 137:4: lord, strange, land
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