Psalms 137:5
And let them sing in accordance with the ways of the Lord. For great is the glory of the Lord.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.
In Context
Cross References
Nehemiah 1:2And Hanani, one of my brothers, arrived, he and some men of Judah. And I questioned them about the Jews who had remained and were left behind from the captivity, and about Jerusalem.
Psalms 84:1Unto the end. A Psalm to the sons of Korah.
Psalms 102:13As a father is compassionate to his sons, so has the Lord been compassionate to those who fear him.
Isaiah 62:1For the sake of Zion, I will not be silent, and for the sake of Jerusalem, I will not rest, until her Just One advances in splendor, and her Savior is kindled like a lamp.
Jeremiah 51:50You who have fled from the sword, approach, do not stand still. Remember from afar the Lord, and let Jerusalem rise up in your heart.
Zechariah 11:17O shepherd and idol, abandoning the flock, with a sword upon his arm and over his right eye: his arm will be withered by drought, and his right eye will be obscured by darkness.
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 →