Psalm 137:5 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand wither!

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill [with the harp].

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

Jerusalem! If I forget you, let my strong hand wither!

Catholic Public Domain Version

And let them sing in accordance with the ways of the Lord. For great is the glory of the Lord.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And let them sing in the ways of the Lord: for great is the glory of the Lord.

Psalm 137:5 Cross References

Psalm 84:10

For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than live in the tents of wickedness.

Isaiah 62:1

For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until her vindication shines out like the dawn and her salvation like a burning torch.

Jeremiah 51:50

You survivors of the sword, go; do not linger! Remember the Lord in a distant land, and let Jerusalem come into your mind:

Zechariah 11:17

Oh, my worthless shepherd, who deserts the flock! May the sword strike his arm and his right eye! Let his arm be completely withered, his right eye utterly blinded!”