Psalm 137:6 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁶ Let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you, if I do not set Jerusalem above my highest joy.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth if I remember you not, if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy! [Ezek. 3:26.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, If I remember thee not; If I prefer not Jerusalem Above my chief joy.

Common English Bible

⁶ Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I don’t remember you, if I don’t make Jerusalem my greatest joy.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ For the Lord is exalted, and he looks with favor on the humble. But the lofty he knows from a distance.

Psalm 137:6 Cross References

Ezekiel 3:26

and I will make your tongue cling to the roof of your mouth so that you shall be speechless and unable to reprove them, for they are a rebellious house.

Psalm 22:15

my mouth is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to my jaws; you lay me in the dust of death.

Job 29:10

the voices of princes were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roofs of their mouths.

Philippians 1:20

It is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be put to shame in any way but that by my speaking with all boldness Christ will be exalted now as always in my body, whether by life or by death.

Acts 20:24

But I do not count my life of any value to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the good news of God’s grace.

Matthew 6:33

But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

Lamentations 4:4

The tongue of the infant sticks to the roof of its mouth for thirst; the children beg for food, but there is nothing for them.

Isaiah 41:17

When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue is parched with thirst, I the Lord will answer them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.

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.

Job 31:22

then let my shoulder blade fall from my shoulder, and let my arm be broken from its socket.