Psalms 137:5

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If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand be crippled!

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  • Neh 1:2-4 : 2 Hanani, who was one of my relatives, along with some of the men from Judah, came to me, and I asked them about the Jews who had escaped and had survived the exile, and about Jerusalem. 3 They said to me,“The remnant that remains from the exile there in the province are experiencing considerable adversity and reproach. The wall of Jerusalem lies breached, and its gates have been burned down!” 4 When I heard these things I sat down abruptly, crying and mourning for several days. I continued fasting and praying before the God of heaven.
  • Neh 2:2-3 : 2 So the king said to me,“Why do you appear to be depressed when you aren’t sick? What can this be other than sadness of heart?” This made me very fearful. 3 I replied to the king,“O king, live forever! Why would I not appear dejected when the city with the graves of my ancestors lies desolate and its gates destroyed by fire?”
  • Ps 84:1-2 : 1 For the music director; according to the gittith style; written by the Korahites, a psalm. How lovely is the place where you live, O LORD of Heaven’s Armies! 2 I desperately want to be in the courts of the LORD’s temple. My heart and my entire being shout for joy to the living God.
  • Ps 84:10 : 10 Certainly spending just one day in your temple courts is better than spending a thousand elsewhere. I would rather stand at the entrance to the temple of my God than live in the tents of the wicked.
  • Ps 102:13-14 : 13 You will rise up and have compassion on Zion. For it is time to have mercy on her, for the appointed time has come. 14 Indeed, your servants take delight in her stones, and feel compassion for the dust of her ruins.
  • Ps 122:5-9 : 5 Indeed, the leaders sit there on thrones and make legal decisions, on the thrones of the house of David. 6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! May those who love her prosper! 7 May there be peace inside your defenses, and prosperity inside your fortresses! 8 For the sake of my brothers and my neighbors I will say,“May there be peace in you!” 9 For the sake of the temple of the LORD our God I will pray for you to prosper.
  • Isa 62:1 : 1 The Lord Takes Delight in Zion“For the sake of Zion I will not be silent; for the sake of Jerusalem I will not be quiet, until her vindication shines brightly and her deliverance burns like a torch.”
  • Isa 62:6-7 : 6 I post watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they should keep praying all day and all night. You who pray to the LORD, don’t be silent! 7 Don’t allow him to rest until he reestablishes Jerusalem, until he makes Jerusalem the pride of the earth.
  • Jer 51:50 : 50 You who have escaped the sword, go, do not delay. Remember the LORD in a faraway land. Think about Jerusalem.
  • Dan 6:10-11 : 10 When Daniel realized that a written decree had been issued, he entered his home, where the windows in his upper room opened toward Jerusalem. Three times daily he was kneeling and offering prayers and thanks to his God just as he had been accustomed to do previously. 11 Then those officials who had gone to the king came by collusion and found Daniel praying and asking for help before his God.
  • Zech 11:17 : 17 Woe to the worthless shepherd who abandons the flock! May a sword fall on his arm and his right eye! May his arm wither completely away, and his right eye become completely blind!”

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  • Ps 137:6-7
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    89%

    6May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you, and do not give Jerusalem priority over whatever gives me the most joy.

    7Remember, O LORD, what the Edomites did on the day Jerusalem fell. They said,“Tear it down, tear it down, right to its very foundation!”

  • Isa 49:14-16
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    14The Lord Remembers Zion“Zion said,‘The LORD has abandoned me, the Lord has forgotten me.’

    15Can a woman forget her baby who nurses at her breast? Can she withhold compassion from the child she has borne? Even if mothers were to forget, I could never forget you!

    16Look, I have inscribed your name on my palms; your walls are constantly before me.

  • Ps 77:9-10
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    73%

    9Has God forgotten to be merciful? Has his anger stifled his compassion?”(Selah)

    10Then I said,“I am sickened by the thought that the Most High might become inactive.

  • Ps 137:4
    73%

    4How can we sing a song to the LORD in a foreign land?

  • Jer 6:8
    73%

    8So take warning, Jerusalem, or I will abandon you in disgust and make you desolate, a place where no one can live.”

  • Ps 44:20
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    20If we had rejected our God, and spread out our hands in prayer to another god,

  • Ps 119:109
    72%

    109My life is in continual danger, but I do not forget your law.

  • Ps 13:1
    71%

    1For the music director; a psalm of David. How long, LORD, will you continue to ignore me? How long will you pay no attention to me?

  • Jer 2:32
    71%

    32Does a young woman forget to put on her jewels? Does a bride forget to put on her bridal attire? But my people have forgotten me for more days than can even be counted.

  • Lam 5:20
    71%

    20Why do you keep on forgetting us? Why do you forsake us so long?

  • Jer 23:39-40
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    71%

    39So I will carry you far off and throw you away. I will send both you and the city I gave to you and to your ancestors out of my sight.

    40I will bring on you lasting shame and lasting disgrace which will never be forgotten!’”

  • Ps 143:5-6
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    5I recall the old days; I meditate on all you have done; I reflect on your accomplishments.

    6I spread my hands out to you in prayer; my soul thirsts for you in a parched land.(Selah)

  • Jer 51:50
    70%

    50You who have escaped the sword, go, do not delay. Remember the LORD in a faraway land. Think about Jerusalem.

  • Jer 15:5
    70%

    5The LORD cried out,“Who in the world will have pity on you, Jerusalem? Who will grieve over you? Who will stop long enough to inquire about how you are doing?

  • Job 31:22
    70%

    22then let my arm fall from the shoulder, let my arm be broken off at the socket.

  • Ps 10:12
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    12Rise up, LORD! O God, strike him down! Do not forget the oppressed!

  • Ps 137:1
    69%

    1By the rivers of Babylon we sit down and weep when we remember Zion.

  • Zeph 3:16
    69%

    16On that day they will say to Jerusalem,“Don’t be afraid, Zion! Your hands must not be paralyzed from panic!

  • Lam 1:7
    69%

    7ז(Zayin) Jerusalem remembers, when she became a poor homeless person, all her treasures that she owned in days of old. When her people fell into an enemy’s grip, none of her allies came to her rescue. Her enemies gloated over her; they sneered at her downfall.

  • Ps 7:3
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    3O LORD my God, if I have done what they say, or am guilty of unjust actions,

  • Ps 122:6
    69%

    6Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! May those who love her prosper!

  • Isa 62:6
    69%

    6I post watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they should keep praying all day and all night. You who pray to the LORD, don’t be silent!

  • Ps 80:17
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    17May you give support to the one you have chosen, to the one whom you raised up for yourself!

  • Ps 119:139
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    139My zeal consumes me, for my enemies forget your instructions.

  • Ps 139:10
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    10even there your hand would guide me, your right hand would grab hold of me.

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    5The LORD is your protector; the LORD is the shade at your right hand.

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    3Double Refrain: Embracing and AdjurationThe Beloved about Her Lover: His left hand is under my head, and his right hand embraces me.

  • Ps 122:2
    69%

    2Our feet are standing inside your gates, O Jerusalem.

  • Ps 74:11
    69%

    11Why do you remain inactive? Intervene and destroy him!

  • Ps 60:5
    68%

    5Deliver by your power and answer me, so that the ones you love may be safe.

  • Ps 138:8
    68%

    8The LORD avenges me. O LORD, your loyal love endures. Do not abandon those whom you have made!

  • Ps 25:7
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    7Do not hold against me the sins of my youth or my rebellious acts! Because you are faithful to me, extend to me your favor, O LORD!

  • Song 2:6
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    6His left hand is under my head, and his right hand embraces me.

  • Ps 119:176
    68%

    176I have wandered off like a lost sheep. Come looking for your servant, for I do not forget your commands.

  • Ps 119:16
    68%

    16I find delight in your statutes; I do not forget your instructions.

  • Ps 118:16
    68%

    16the LORD’s right hand gives victory, the LORD’s right hand conquers.

  • Isa 23:16
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    16“Take the harp, go through the city, forgotten prostitute! Play it well, play lots of songs, so you’ll be noticed!”

  • Ps 44:17
    68%

    17All this has happened to us, even though we have not rejected you or violated your covenant with us.

  • Lam 3:17
    68%

    17I am deprived of peace; I have forgotten what happiness is.

  • Ps 63:8
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    8My soul pursues you; your right hand upholds me.

  • Ps 50:22
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    22Carefully consider this, you who reject God! Otherwise I will rip you to shreds and no one will be able to rescue you.

  • Job 19:14
    68%

    14My kinsmen have failed me; my friends have forgotten me.

  • Isa 44:21
    68%

    21Remember these things, O Jacob, O Israel, for you are my servant. I formed you to be my servant; O Israel, I will not forget you!

  • Ps 132:1
    67%

    1A song of ascents. O LORD, for David’s sake remember all his strenuous effort,