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.
Psalm 137:5 - New Revised Standard Version If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand wither! 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 live in the tents of wickedness.
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.
You survivors of the sword, go, do not linger! Remember the Lord in a distant land, and let Jerusalem come into your mind:
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!