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Psalms 137:4 · WEB

“How can we sing Yahweh's song in a foreign land?”

— Psalms 137:4

Speaker

unknown

Era

Exile (~586 BC)

Emotion

grieving

Type

psalm

Emotional genome

Comfort power

60%

Quotability

90%

Memorability

90%

Crisis relevance

90%

Standalone

80%
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