Psalms 137:5
If I keep not your memory, O Jerusalem, let not my right hand keep the memory of its art.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.
In Context
4How may we give the Lord's song in a strange land?
Cross References
Nehemiah 1:2That Hanani, one of my brothers, came with certain men from Judah; and in answer to my request for news of the Jews who had been prisoners and had got away, and of Jerusalem,
Psalms 84:1To the chief music-maker; put to the Gittith A Psalm. Of the sons of Korah.
Psalms 102:13\102:12\But you, O Lord, are eternal; and your name will never come to an end.
Isaiah 62:1Because of Zion I will not keep quiet, and because of Jerusalem I will take no rest, till her righteousness goes out like the shining of the sun, and her salvation like a burning light.
Jeremiah 51:50You who have got away safe from the sword, go, waiting for nothing; have the Lord in memory when you are far away, and keep Jerusalem in mind.
Zechariah 11:17A curse on the foolish keeper who goes away from the flock! the sword will be on his arm and on his right eye: his arm will become quite dry and his eye will be made completely dark.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 137:2-7
The Sorrows of Captivity. 1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. 2 We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. 3 For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion. 4 How shall we sing the Lord 's song in a strange land? 5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. 6 If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof… Read the whole commentary →