Psalms 137:5
If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand wither.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.
In Context
4How can we sing the Lord’s song in the foreigner’s land?
Cross References
Psalms 84:1How dearly loved is the place where you live, Lord of hosts!
Psalms 102:13You will arise and have pity on Zion; it’s time to be gracious; her hour has come.
Zechariah 11:17Woe to my worthless shepherd, who deserts the flock! May the sword strike his arm and his right eye. May his arm completely wither. And his right eye be blinded.
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 →