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 dwell in the tents of wickedness.
Psalm 137:5 - English Standard Version 2016 If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill! Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
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 dwell in the tents of wickedness.
For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not be quiet, until her righteousness goes forth as brightness, and her salvation as a burning torch.
“You who have escaped from the sword, go, do not stand still! Remember the Lord from far away, and let Jerusalem come into your mind:
“Woe to my worthless shepherd, who deserts the flock! May the sword strike his arm and his right eye! Let his arm be wholly withered, his right eye utterly blinded!”