Psalms 137:5
If I forget you, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
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 a foreign land?
Cross References
Nehemiah 1:2Hanani, one of my brothers, came, he and certain men out of Judah; and I asked them about the Jews who had escaped, who were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
Psalms 84:1How lovely are your dwellings, LORD of Armies!
Psalms 102:13You will arise and have mercy on Zion, for it is time to have pity on her. Yes, the set time has come.
Isaiah 62:1For Zion’s sake I will not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until her righteousness shines out like the dawn, and her salvation like a burning lamp.
Jeremiah 51:50You who have escaped the sword, go! Don’t stand still! Remember the LORD from afar, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.”
Zechariah 11:17Woe to the worthless shepherd who leaves the flock! The sword will strike his arm and his right eye. His arm will be completely withered, and his right eye will be totally 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 →