Psalm 137:5

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Psalm 137:5

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Berean Standard Bible

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

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KJV

King James Version

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

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WEB

World English Bible

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

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ASV

American Standard Version

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

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Psalm 137

³ for there our captors requested a song; our tormentors demanded songs of joy: “Sing us a song of Zion.”

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

⁵ If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand cease to function.

⁶ May 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!

⁷ Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “tear it down to its foundations!”

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