Psalms 137:5
If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.
Context
This verse from Psalms Chapter 137 connects to 10 cross-references. A lament of Babylonian exiles who hung their harps on willows, unable to sing the Lord's song in a foreign land. Those who demand songs of Zion receive the mournful question 'How shall we sing?' The psalm ends controversially with …
Other Translations
If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, Let my right hand forget her skill.
If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, my right hand forgetteth!
If I keep not your memory, O Jerusalem, let not my right hand keep the memory of its art.
Cross References
That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews …
And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, …
Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else …
And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the …
How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts!
My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh crieth out for …
For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house …
Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.
For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.
For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David.