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

⁵ If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand wither!

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, Let my right hand forget her cunning.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill [with the harp].

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, Let my right hand forget her skill.

Common English Bible

⁵ Jerusalem! If I forget you, let my strong hand wither!

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ 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

⁵ 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!”