Parallel Verses English Standard Version How shall we sing the LORD’s song in a foreign land? King James Bible How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a strange land? American Standard Version How shall we sing Jehovah's song In a foreign land? Douay-Rheims Bible How shall we sing the song of the Lord in a strange land? English Revised Version How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a strange land? Webster's Bible Translation How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a foreign land? Psalm 137:4 Parallel Commentary Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old TestamentUp to this point it is God the absolute in general, the Creator of all things, to the celebration of whose praise they are summoned; and from this point onwards the God of the history of salvation. In Psalm 136:13 גּזר (instead of בּקע, Psalm 78:13; Exodus 14:21; Nehemiah 9:11) of the dividing of the Red Sea is peculiar; גּזרים (Genesis 15:17, side by side with בּתרים) are the pieces or parts of a thing that is cut up into pieces. נער is a favourite word taken from Exodus 14:27. With reference to the name of the Egyptian ruler Pharaoh (Herodotus also, ii. 111, calls the Pharaoh of the Exodus the son of Sesostris-Rameses Miumun, not Μενόφθας, as he is properly called, but absolutely Φερῶν), vid., on Psalm 73:22. After the God to whom the praise is to be ascribed has been introduced with ל by always fresh attributes, the ל before the names of Sihon and of Og is perplexing. The words are taken over, as are the six lines of Psalm 136:17-22 in the main, from Psalm 135:10-12, with only a slight alteration in the expression. In Psalm 136:23 the continued influence of the construction הודוּ ל is at an end. The connection by means of שׁ (cf. Psalm 135:8, Psalm 135:10) therefore has reference to the preceding "for His goodness endureth for ever." The language here has the stamp of the latest period. It is true זכר with Lamed of the object is used even in the earliest Hebrew, but שׁפל is only authenticated by Ecclesiastes 10:6, and פּרק, to break loose equals to rescue (the customary Aramaic word for redemption), by Lamentations 5:8, just as in the closing verse, which recurs to the beginning, "God of heaven" is a name for God belonging to the latest literature, Nehemiah 1:4; Nehemiah 2:4. In Psalm 136:23 the praise changes suddenly to that which has been experienced very recently. The attribute in Psalm 136:25 (cf. Psalm 147:9; Psalm 145:15) leads one to look back to a time in which famine befell them together with slavery. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge how shall Ecclesiastes 3:4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; Lamentations 5:14,15 The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their music... Hosea 9:4 They shall not offer wine offerings to the LORD, neither shall they be pleasing to him... strange land. Heb. land of a stranger Cross References 2 Chronicles 29:27 Then Hezekiah commanded that the burnt offering be offered on the altar. And when the burnt offering began, the song to the LORD began also, and the trumpets, accompanied by the instruments of David king of Israel. Nehemiah 12:46 For long ago in the days of David and Asaph there were directors of the singers, and there were songs of praise and thanksgiving to God. Jump to Previous Foreign Jehovah's LORD's Sing Soil Song Songs Strange StrangerJump to Next Foreign Jehovah's LORD's Sing Soil Song Songs Strange StrangerLinks Psalm 137:4 NIVPsalm 137:4 NLT Psalm 137:4 ESV Psalm 137:4 NASB Psalm 137:4 KJV Psalm 137:4 Bible Apps Psalm 137:4 Biblia Paralela Psalm 137:4 Chinese Bible Psalm 137:4 French Bible Psalm 137:4 German Bible Bible Hub ESV Text Edition: 2016. The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. |