If I forget you, Jerusalem,
let my right hand forget its skill.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Psalms 137:5 in context
Psalms 137:2–8
2
On the willows in that land,
we hung up our harps.
3
For there, those who led us captive asked us for songs.
Those who tormented us demanded songs of joy:
“Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”
4
How can we sing the LORD’s song in a foreign land?
5
Selected verse
If I forget you, Jerusalem,
let my right hand forget its skill.
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Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I don’t remember you,
if I don’t prefer Jerusalem above my chief joy.
7
Remember, LORD, against the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem,
who said, “Raze it!
Raze it even to its foundation!”
8
Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction,
he will be happy who repays you,
as you have done to us.
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