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Psalms 137:5 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget "
Psalms 137:5
Verse in Context
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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.
How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a strange land?
If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget
If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation
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Psalms 137:1
"By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion."
Psalms 137:2
"We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst"
Psalms 137:3
"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."
Psalms 137:4
"How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a strange land?"
Psalms 137:6
"If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy."
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