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- - If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning; literally, let my right hand forget; but the words supplied in the Authorized Version are necessary to bring out the sense, which is, "If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, so far as to desecrate thy sacred songs by making them an entertainment for the heathen, may I never have power to strike a note again!"
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Audio Crossref Comm Hebrew. Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version. If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill. New Living Translation. If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget how to play the harp. English Standard Version.
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While referred to a number of times in early biblical accounts from Abraham to Joshua, Jerusalem has been the central city of Judaism since the year 1000 B.C.E., when King David conquered this small, remote Canaanite town and made it the capital of his kingdom. With the building of the Temple by King Solomon following the death of King DAv Pronounc...
After the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem, the memory of the city came to embody the hopes and aspirations of the Jewish people within the developing tradition of Rabbinic Judaism. Jerusalem was now an ideal that represented redemption, perfection, and wholeness that Jews would study about, pray for, and try to spiritually experience ...
A series of “reminders” (rituals, prayers, and special days) developed in Jewish antiquity and were designed to keep the memory of Jerusalem alive from generation to generation, for example: -Jerusalem is a central theme in Jewish liturgy and religious poetry. For example, one of the 19 blessings of the Amidah (silent prayer central to all Jewish p...
During the centuries following the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 C.E., the Jewish connection to Jerusalem was mostly one of distant hope, but there was always a core of people waiting to visit and live in the city whenever the opportunity presented itself. According to the Church Father Jerome, the Jews of the fourth century would pay for ...
If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.
- Hebrew (original)
- .mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}Psalm 136, "Super flumina Babylonis"
- By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
- Upon the willows in the midst thereof we hanged up our harps.
- For there they that led us captive asked of us words of song, and our tormentors asked of us mirth: {N}
- How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a foreign land?
137:5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. 137:6 Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if I remember thee not; if I set not Jerusalem above my chiefest joy. 137:7 Remember, O the Lord, against the children of Edom the day of Jerusalem; who said: 'Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.'
New Living Translation. If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget how to play the harp. English Standard Version. If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill! Berean Study Bible. If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand cease to function. New American Standard Bible.
Hebrew/Greek. Your Content. Psalm 137:5. King James Version. 5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. Read full chapter. Psalm 137:5 in all English translations. Psalm 136. Psalm 138.
