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Psalms 136:5

If I ever forget you, Jerusalem, let my right hand be forgotten.

Catholic Public Domain Version

In The King James Version

To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth for ever.

In Context

4How can we sing a song of the Lord in a foreign land?

6May my tongue adhere to my jaws, if I do not remember you, if I do not set Jerusalem first, as the beginning of my joy.

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Cross References

Genesis 1:1In the beginning, God created heaven and earth.

Genesis 1:8And God called the firmament ‘Heaven.’ And it became evening and morning, the second day.

Psalms 33:6Approach him and be enlightened, and your faces will not be confounded.

Psalms 134:3praise the Lord, for the Lord is good. Sing psalms to his name, for it is sweet.

Proverbs 8:22The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his ways, before he made anything, from the beginning.

Jeremiah 10:12He made the earth by his power, he prepared the world in his wisdom, and he stretched out the heavens with his understanding.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 136:2-10

Exhortations to Thanksgiving. 1 O give thanks unto the Lord ; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. 2 O give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy endureth for ever. 3 O give thanks to the Lord of lords: for his mercy endureth for ever. 4 To him who alone doeth great wonders: for his mercy endureth for ever. 5 To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth for ever. 6 To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy endureth for ever. 7 To him that made great… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

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