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Psalm 137:6

World English Bible

Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I don’t remember you,
if I don’t prefer Jerusalem above my chief joy.

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Psalm 137:6 in other translations

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

Psalm 137:6 · American Standard Version

Psalm 137:6 in context

  1. 4How can we sing Yahweh’s song in a foreign land?
  2. 5If I forget you, Jerusalem,
    let my right hand forget its skill.
  3. 6Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I don’t remember you,
    if I don’t prefer Jerusalem above my chief joy.
  4. 7Remember, Yahweh, against the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem,
    who said, “Raze it!
    Raze it even to its foundation!”
  5. 8Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction,
    he will be happy who repays you,
    as you have done to us.