Psalm 137:5

American Standard Version

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

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Psalm 137:5 in other translations

If I forget you, Jerusalem,
let my right hand forget its skill.

Psalm 137:5 · World English Bible

Psalm 137:5 in context

  1. 3For there they that led us captive required of us songs, And they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
  2. 4How shall we sing Jehovah’s song In a foreign land?
  3. 5If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, Let my right hand forget her skill.
  4. 6Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, If I remember thee not; If I prefer not Jerusalem Above my chief joy.
  5. 7Remember, O Jehovah, against the children of Edom The day of Jerusalem; Who said, Rase it, rase it, Even to the foundation thereof.