Psalms 137:6
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.
Psalms 137:6 in other translations
| BSB | May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy! |
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| WEB | 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. |
| ASV | Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, If I remember thee not; If I prefer not Jerusalem Above my chief joy. |
| YLT | My tongue doth cleave to my palate, If I do not remember thee, If I do not exalt Jerusalem above my chief joy. |
| DARBY | If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to my palate: if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy. |
| BBE | If I let you go out of my thoughts, and if I do not put Jerusalem before my greatest joy, let my tongue be fixed to the roof of my mouth. |
| Webster | 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. |
What does Psalms 137:6 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 137:5-6
5-6. For joyful songs would imply forgetfulness of their desolated homes and fallen Church. The solemn imprecations on the hand and tongue, if thus forgetful, relate to the cunning or skill in playing, and the power of singing.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 137:5-9
What we love, we love to think of. Those that rejoice in God, for his sake make Jerusalem their joy. They stedfastly resolved to keep up this affection. When suffering, we should recollect with godly sorrow our forfeited mercies, and our sins by which we lost them. If temporal advantages ever render a profession, the worst calamity has befallen him. Far be it from us to avenge ourselves; we will leave it to Him who…
Psalms 137:6 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 137:6
- Ezekiel 3:26
And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover: for they are a rebellious house.
- Psalms 22:15
My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
- Job 29:10
The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
- Isaiah 41:17
When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
- Psalms 84:10
For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
- Lamentations 4:4
The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them.
- 1 Thessalonians 3:7-9
Therefore, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our affliction and distress by your faith: For now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord. For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God;
- Philippians 1:20
According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.
- Acts 20:24
But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
- Matthew 6:33
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
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Context
- Psalms 137:5
If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.
- Psalms 137:6
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.
- Psalms 137:7
Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.
Psalms 137:6 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Mi lengua se pegue á mi paladar, si de ti no me acordare; si no ensalzare á Jerusalem como preferente asunto de mi alegría. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Que ma langue s’attache à mon palais si je ne me souviens de toi, si je n’élève Jérusalem au-dessus de la première de mes joies! |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Es klebe meine Zunge an meinem Gaumen, wenn ich deiner nicht gedenke, wenn ich Jerusalem nicht erhebe über die höchste meiner Freuden! |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | quoniam excelsus Dominus, et humilia respicit, et alta a longe cognoscit. |