Psalms 137:5

World English Bible (2000)

If I forget you, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill.

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  • Neh 1:2-4 : 2 that Hanani, one of my brothers, came, he and certain men out of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews who had escaped, who were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem. 3 They said to me, "The remnant who are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach. The wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and its gates are burned with fire." 4 It happened, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days; and I fasted and prayed before the God of heaven,
  • Neh 2:2-3 : 2 The king said to me, "Why is your face sad, since you are not sick? This is nothing else but sorrow of heart." Then I was very much afraid. 3 I said to the king, "Let the king live forever! Why shouldn't my face be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' tombs, lies waste, and its gates have been consumed with fire?"
  • Ps 84:1-2 : 1 How lovely are your dwellings, Yahweh of Armies! 2 My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of Yahweh. My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
  • Ps 84:10 : 10 For a day in your courts is better than a thousand. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
  • Ps 102:13-14 : 13 You will arise and have mercy on Zion; for it is time to have pity on her. Yes, the set time has come. 14 For your servants take pleasure in her stones, and have pity on her dust.
  • Ps 122:5-9 : 5 For there are set thrones for judgment, the thrones of David's house. 6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Those who love you will prosper. 7 Peace be within your walls, and prosperity within your palaces. 8 For my brothers' and companions' sakes, I will now say, "Peace be within you." 9 For the sake of the house of Yahweh our God, I will seek your good. A Song of Ascents.
  • Isa 62:1 : 1 For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until her righteousness go forth as brightness, and her salvation as a lamp that burns.
  • Isa 62:6-7 : 6 I have set watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem; they shall never hold their peace day nor night: you who call on Yahweh, take no rest, 7 and give him no rest, until he establishes, and until he makes Jerusalem a praise in the earth.
  • Jer 51:50 : 50 You who have escaped the sword, go, don't stand still; remember Yahweh from afar, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.
  • Dan 6:10-11 : 10 When Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house (now his windows were open in his room toward Jerusalem) and he kneeled on his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did before. 11 Then these men assembled together, and found Daniel making petition and supplication before his God.
  • Zech 11:17 : 17 Woe to the worthless shepherd who leaves the flock! The sword will be on his arm, and on his right eye. His arm will be completely withered, and his right eye will be totally blinded!"

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    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.

    7Remember, Yahweh, against the children of Edom, the day of Jerusalem; who said, "Raze it! Raze it even to its foundation!"

  • Isa 49:14-16
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    14But Zion said, "Yahweh has forsaken me, and the Lord has forgotten me."

    15"Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yes, these may forget, yet I will not forget you!

    16Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are continually before me.

  • Ps 77:9-10
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    9Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has he, in anger, withheld his compassion?" Selah.

    10Then I thought, "I will appeal to this: the years of the right hand of the Most High."

  • Ps 137:4
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    4How can we sing Yahweh's song in a foreign land?

  • Jer 6:8
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    8Be instructed, Jerusalem, lest my soul be alienated from you; lest I make you a desolation, a land not inhabited."

  • Ps 44:20
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    20If we have forgotten the name of our God, or spread forth our hands to a strange god;

  • Ps 119:109
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    109My soul is continually in my hand, yet I won't forget your law.

  • Ps 13:1
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    1How long, Yahweh? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?

  • Jer 2:32
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    32"Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet my people have forgotten me for days without number.

  • Lam 5:20
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    20Why do you forget us forever, [And] forsake us so long time?

  • Jer 23:39-40
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    39therefore, behold, I will utterly forget you, and I will cast you off, and the city that I gave to you and to your fathers, away from my presence:

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    5I remember the days of old. I meditate on all your doings. I contemplate the work of your hands.

    6I spread forth my hands to you. My soul thirsts for you, like a parched land. Selah.

  • Jer 51:50
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    50You who have escaped the sword, go, don't stand still; remember Yahweh from afar, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.

  • Jer 15:5
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    5For who will have pity on you, Jerusalem? or who will bemoan you? or who will turn aside to ask of your welfare?

  • Job 31:22
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    22then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder blade, and my arm be broken from the bone.

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    12Arise, Yahweh! God, lift up your hand! Don't forget the helpless.

  • Ps 137:1
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    1By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down. Yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion.

  • Zeph 3:16
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    16In that day, it will be said to Jerusalem, "Don't be afraid, Zion. Don't let your hands be weak."

  • Lam 1:7
    69%

    7Jerusalem remembers in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that were from the days of old: when her people fell into the hand of the adversary, and none did help her, The adversaries saw her, they did mock at her desolations.

  • Ps 7:3
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    3Yahweh, my God, if I have done this, if there is iniquity in my hands,

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    6Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Those who love you will prosper.

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    6I have set watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem; they shall never hold their peace day nor night: you who call on Yahweh, take no rest,

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    17Let your hand be on the man of your right hand, on the son of man whom you made strong for yourself.

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    139My zeal wears me out, because my enemies ignore your words.

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    10Even there your hand will lead me, and your right hand will hold me.

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    3His left hand would be under my head. His right hand would embrace me.

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    2Our feet are standing within your gates, Jerusalem;

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    11Why do you draw back your hand, even your right hand? Take it out of your pocket and consume them!

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    5So that your beloved may be delivered, save with your right hand, and answer us.

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    7Don't remember the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions. Remember me according to your loving kindness, for your goodness' sake, Yahweh.

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    6His left hand is under my head. His right hand embraces me.

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    16I will delight myself in your statutes. I will not forget your word. GIMEL

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    16The right hand of Yahweh is exalted! The right hand of Yahweh does valiantly!"

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    16Take a harp; go about the city, you prostitute that has been forgotten. Make sweet melody. Sing many songs, that you may be remembered.

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    17You have removed my soul far off from peace; I forgot prosperity.

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    8My soul stays close to you. Your right hand holds me up.

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    22"Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you into pieces, and there be none to deliver.

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    14My relatives have gone away. My familiar friends have forgotten me.

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    21Remember these things, Jacob and Israel; for you are my servant. I have formed you. You are my servant. Israel, you will not be forgotten by me.

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