Psalms 137:6

Geneva Bible (1560)

If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleaue to the roofe of my mouth: yea, if I preferre not Ierusalem to my chiefe ioy.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ezek 3:26 : 26 And I will make thy tongue cleaue to the roofe of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dume, and shalt not be to them as a man that rebuketh: for they are a rebellious house.
  • Ps 22:15 : 15 My strength is dryed vp like a potsheard, and my tongue cleaueth to my iawes, and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
  • Ps 84:10 : 10 For a day in thy courtes is better then a thousand other where: I had rather be a doore keeper in the House of my God, then to dwell in the Tabernacles of wickednesse.
  • Isa 41:17 : 17 When the poore and the needy seeke water, & there is none (their tongue faileth for thirst: I the Lorde will heare them: I the God of Israel will not forsake them)
  • Lam 4:4 : 4 The tongue of the sucking childe cleaueth to the roofe of his mouth for thirst: the yong children aske bread, but no man breaketh it vnto them.
  • Matt 6:33 : 33 But seeke ye first the kingdome of God, and his righteousnesse, and all these things shall be ministred vnto you.
  • Acts 20:24 : 24 But I passe not at all, neither is my life deare vnto my selfe, so that I may fulfill my course with ioye, and the ministration which I haue receiued of the Lorde Iesus, to testifie the Gospell of the grace of God.
  • Phil 1:20 : 20 As I feruently looke for, and hope, that in nothing I shalbe ashamed, but that with all confidence, as alwayes, so nowe Christ shalbe magnified in my body, whether it be by life or by death.
  • 1 Thess 3:7-9 : 7 Therefore, brethren, we had consolation in you, in all our affliction and necessitie through your faith. 8 For nowe are wee aliue, if ye stand fast in the Lorde. 9 For what thankes can wee recompense to God againe for you, for all the ioy wherewith we reioyce for your sakes before our God,
  • Job 29:10 : 10 The voyce of princes was hidde, and their tongue cleaued to the roofe of their mouth.

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    4Howe shall we sing, said we, a song of the Lord in a strange land?

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  • Ps 137:7
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    7Remember the children of Edom, O Lord, in the day of Ierusalem, which saide, Rase it, rase it to the foundation thereof.

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    8Be thou instructed, O Ierusalem, lest my soule depart from thee, lest I make thee desolate as a land, that none inhabiteth.

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    6I haue set watchmen vpon thy walles, O Ierusalem, which all the day & all the night continually shal not cease: ye that are mindfull of the Lord, keepe not silence,

    7And giue him no rest, till hee repaire and vntill hee set vp Ierusalem the prayse of the worlde.

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    6Pray for the peace of Ierusalem: let them prosper that loue thee.

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    2Our feete shall stand in thy gates, O Ierusalem.

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  • Ps 13:1
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    1To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid. Howe long wilt thou forget me, O Lord, for euer? howe long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

  • Lam 1:7
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    7Ierusalem remembred the dayes of her affliction, and of her rebellion, and all her pleasant things, that shee had in times past, when her people fell into the hande of the enemie, and none did helpe her: the aduersarie sawe her, and did mocke at her Sabbaths.

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    19In the courtes of ye Lords house, euen in the middes of thee, O Ierusalem. Praise ye the Lord.

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    12Prayse the Lorde, O Ierusalem: prayse thy God, O Zion.

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    139My zeale hath euen consumed mee, because mine enemies haue forgotten thy wordes.

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    14But Zion saide, The Lorde hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me.

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    18Bee fauourable vnto Zion for thy good pleasure: builde the walles of Ierusalem.

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    6I stretch forth mine hands vnto thee: my soule desireth after thee, as the thirstie land. Selah.

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    7When my soule fainted within me, I remembred the Lorde: and my prayer came vnto thee, into thine holy Temple.

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    50Ye that haue escaped the sworde, goe away, stand not still: remember the Lord a farre of, and let Ierusalem come into your minde.

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    6When I remember thee on my bedde, and when I thinke vpon thee in the night watches.

  • Isa 3:8
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    8Doubtlesse Ierusalem is fallen, and Iudah is fallen downe, because their tongue & workes are against the Lord, to prouoke the eyes of his glory.

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    6My God, my soule is cast downe within me, because I remember thee, from the land of Iorden, and Hermonim, and from the mount Mizar.

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    20My soule hath them in remembrance, and is humbled in me.

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    21Praised bee the Lorde out of Zion, which dwelleth in Ierusalem. Praise ye the Lord.

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    16O Lorde, according to all thy righteousnes, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy wrath be turned away from thy citie Ierusalem thine holy Mountaine: for because of our sinnes, & for the iniquities of our fathers, Ierusalem and thy people are a reproche to all that are about vs.

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    5Who shal then haue pitie vpon thee, O Ierusalem? Or who shalbe sorie for thee? Or who shal go to pray for thy peace?

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    15My strength is dryed vp like a potsheard, and my tongue cleaueth to my iawes, and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.

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    25How is the glorious citie not reserued, the citie of my ioy?

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    39Therefore beholde, I, euen I will vtterly forget you, and I will forsake you, and the citie that I gaue you and your fathers, and cast you out of my presence,

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    14Remember me, O my God, herein, & wipe not out my kindenes that I haue shewed on the house of my God, and on the offices thereof.

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    32Can a maid forget her ornament, or a bride her attire? yet my people haue forgotten me, daies without number.

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    17But if ye will not heare this, my soule shall weepe in secrete for your pride, and mine eye shall weepe and drop downe teares, because the Lords flocke is caried away captiue.

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