“If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.”

Psalms 137:5 (KJV) |

Psalms 137:5

From Psalms 137, in the Book of Psalms (Old Testament).

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3

For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.

4

How shall we sing the LORD’s song in a strange land?

5

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

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.

7

Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.

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