Psalms 137:6
If I let you go out of my thoughts, and if I do not put Jerusalem before my greatest joy, let my tongue be fixed to the roof of my mouth.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
5If I keep not your memory, O Jerusalem, let not my right hand keep the memory of its art.
Cross References
Job 31:22May my arm be pulled from my body, and be broken from its base.
Psalms 84:10\84:9\O God, let your eyes be on him who is our safe cover, and let your heart be turned to your king.
Lamentations 4:4The tongue of the child at the breast is fixed to the roof of his mouth for need of drink: the young children are crying out for bread, and no man gives it to them.
Matthew 6:33But let your first care be for his kingdom and his righteousness; and all these other things will be given to you in addition.
Philippians 1:20In the measure of my strong hope and belief that in nothing will I be put to shame, but that without fear, as at all times, so now will Christ have glory in my body, by life or by death.
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 →