Psalm 137:4

Lament During The Babylonian Exile

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For there they who took us captive demanded of us a song with words,
And our tormentors [who made a mockery of us demanded] amusement, saying,
“Sing us one of the songs of Zion.” ⁴ 
How can we sing the Lord’s song
In a strange and foreign land?
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If I forget you, O Jerusalem,
Let my right hand forget [her skill with the harp].

To the Lord

Jehovah

Ecclesiastes 3:4

A time to weep and a time to laugh;
A time to mourn and a time to dance.

Isaiah 22:12

Therefore in that day the Lord God of hosts called you to weeping, to mourning,
To shaving the head and to wearing sackcloth [in humiliation].

Isaiah 49:21

“Then [Zion], you will say in your heart,
‘Who has borne me these children,
Since I have been bereaved of my children
And am barren, an exile and a wanderer?
And who has reared these?
Indeed, I was left alone;
From where then did these children come?’”

Lamentations 5:14-15

Elders are gone from the gate;
Young men from their music.

Hosea 9:4

They will not pour out drink offerings of wine to the Lord;
Their sacrifices will not please Him.
Their bread will be like mourners’ bread [eaten at funerals];
All who eat it will be [ceremonially] unclean,
For their bread will be for themselves;
It will not enter the house of the Lord [to be consecrated].

Amos 8:3

In that day, the songs of the palace shall turn to wailing,” says the Lord God. “There will be many dead bodies; in [sacred] silence they will throw them everywhere.”