Psalm 137:5 “If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand cease to function.”

Psalm 137:5

If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand cease to function.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.

World English Bible

If I forget you, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill.

American Standard Version

If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, Let my right hand forget her skill.

Geneva Bible 1599

If I forget thee, O Ierusalem, let my right hand forget to play.

Darby Translation

If I forget thee, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget [its skill];

Young's Literal Translation

If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, my right hand forgetteth!

Bible in Basic English

If I keep not your memory, O Jerusalem, let not my right hand keep the memory of its art.

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Cross references

“I forget”

Jeremiah 51:50 Psalm 84:10 Psalm 122:5–9 Isaiah 62:1 Nehemiah 1:2–4 Psalm 84:1

Jeremiah 51:50 · BSB

You who have escaped the sword, depart and do not linger! Remember the LORD from far away, and let Jerusalem come to mind.”

Psalm 84:10 · BSB

For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.

Psalm 122:5–9 · BSB

For there the thrones of judgment stand, the thrones of the house of David.

Isaiah 62:1 · BSB

For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep still, until her righteousness shines like a bright light, her salvation like a blazing torch.

Nehemiah 1:2–4 · BSB

Hanani, one of my brothers, arrived with men from Judah. So I questioned them about the remnant of the Jews who had survived the exile, and also about Jerusalem.

Psalm 84:1 · BSB

How lovely is Your dwelling place, O LORD of Hosts!

“let my right”

Zechariah 11:17

Zechariah 11:17 · BSB

Woe to the worthless shepherd, who deserts the flock! May a sword strike his arm and his right eye! May his arm be completely withered and his right eye utterly blinded!”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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

6May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy!

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