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Psalm 137:5

World English Bible

If I forget you, Jerusalem,
let my right hand forget its skill.

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Psalm 137:5 in other translations

If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, Let my right hand forget her skill.

Psalm 137:5 · American Standard Version

Psalm 137:5 in context

  1. 3For there, those who led us captive asked us for songs.
    Those who tormented us demanded songs of joy:
    “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”
  2. 4How can we sing Yahweh’s song in a foreign land?
  3. 5If I forget you, Jerusalem,
    let my right hand forget its skill.
  4. 6Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I don’t remember you,
    if I don’t prefer Jerusalem above my chief joy.
  5. 7Remember, Yahweh, against the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem,
    who said, “Raze it!
    Raze it even to its foundation!”