Psa 137:1-4, Ecc 3:4, Isa 21:4, 22:12, 24:7-9, Lam 5:15, Dan 6:18 | ESV | STEP | By the waters of Babylon , there we sat down and wept , when we remembered Zion .

l[See ver. 14 above]

Psalms 137:1-4

How Shall We Sing the Lord’s Song?

1 By the waters of Babylon,
there we sat down and wept,
when we remembered Zion.
2 On the willows ^{▼▼Or poplars} there
we hung up our lyres.
3 For there our captors
required of us songs,
and our tormentors, mirth, saying,
“Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”
4 ^bHow shall we sing the Lord’s song
in a foreign land?

Ecclesiastes 3:4

4 a time to ^cweep, and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn, and a time to ^ddance;

Isaiah 21:4

4 My heart staggers; horror has appalled me;
^ethe twilight I longed for
has been turned for me into trembling.

Isaiah 22:12

12 In that day ^fthe Lord God of hosts
called for weeping and mourning,
for ^gbaldness and ^hwearing sackcloth;

Isaiah 24:7-9

7 ⁱThe wine mourns,
the vine languishes,
all the merry-hearted sigh.
8 ^jThe mirth of the tambourines is stilled,
the noise of the jubilant has ceased,
the mirth of the lyre is stilled.
9 No more do they drink wine ^kwith singing;
strong drink is bitter to those who drink it.

Lamentations 5:15

15 ^lThe joy of our hearts has ceased;
^mour dancing has been turned to mourning.

Daniel 6:18

18 Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting; ⁿno diversions were brought to him, and ^osleep fled from him.