Bible Verses About Music: Generally put aside in times of affliction

We had hung up our lyres on the willows that were there,

when those who had taken us captive asked us to sing them a song; our tormentors demanded joy from us -"Sing us one of the songs from Tziyon!"

How can we sing a song about ADONAI here on foreign soil?

Then the king returned to his palace. He spent the night fasting and refusing to be entertained, as sleep eluded him.