Psalms 137:5

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, my right hand forgetteth!

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  • Neh 1:2-4 : 2 and come in doth Hanani, one of my brethren, he and men of Judah, and I ask them concerning the Jews, the escaped part that have been left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem; 3 and they say to me, `Those left, who have been left of the captivity there in the province, `are' in great evil, and in reproach, and the wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burnt with fire.' 4 And it cometh to pass, at my hearing these words, I have sat down, and I weep and mourn `for' days, and I am fasting and praying before the God of the heavens.
  • Neh 2:2-3 : 2 and the king saith to me, `Wherefore `is' thy face sad, and thou not sick? this is nothing except sadness of heart;' and I fear very much, 3 and say to the king, `Let the king to the age live! wherefore should not my face be sad, when the city, the place of the graves of my fathers, `is' a waste, and its gates have been consumed with fire?'
  • Ps 84:1-2 : 1 To the Overseer. -- `On the Gittith By sons of Korah.' -- A Psalm. How beloved Thy tabernacles, Jehovah of Hosts! 2 My soul desired, yea, it hath also been consumed, For the courts of Jehovah, My heart and my flesh cry aloud unto the living God,
  • Ps 84:10 : 10 For good `is' a day in Thy courts, O Teacher! I have chosen rather to be at the threshold, In the house of my God, Than to dwell in tents of wickedness.
  • Ps 102:13-14 : 13 Thou -- Thou risest -- Thou pitiest Zion, For the time to favour her, For the appointed time hath come. 14 For Thy servants have been pleased with her stones, And her dust they favour.
  • Ps 122:5-9 : 5 For there have sat thrones of judgment, Thrones of the house of David. 6 Ask ye the peace of Jerusalem, At rest are those loving thee. 7 Peace is in thy bulwark, rest in thy high places, 8 For the sake of my brethren and my companions, Let me speak, I pray thee, `Peace `be' in thee.' 9 For the sake of the house of Jehovah our God, I seek good for thee!
  • Isa 62:1 : 1 For Zion's sake I am not silent, And for Jerusalem's sake I do not rest, Till her righteousness go out as brightness, And her salvation, as a torch that burneth.
  • Isa 62:6-7 : 6 `On thy walls, O Jerusalem, I have appointed watchmen, All the day, and all the night, Continually, they are not silent.' O ye remembrancers of Jehovah, Keep not silence for yourselves, 7 And give not silence to Him, Till He establish, and till He make Jerusalem A praise in the earth.
  • Jer 51:50 : 50 Ye escaped of the sword, go on, stand not, Remember ye from afar Jehovah, And let Jerusalem come up on your heart.
  • Dan 6:10-11 : 10 And Daniel, when he hath known that the writing is signed, hath gone up to his house, and the window being opened for him, in his upper chamber, over-against Jerusalem, three times in a day he is kneeling on his knees, and praying, and confessing before his God, because that he was doing `it' before this. 11 Then these men have assembled, and found Daniel praying and entreating grace before his God;
  • Zech 11:17 : 17 Wo `to' the worthless shepherd, forsaking the flock, A sword `is' on his arm, and on his right eye, His arm is utterly dried up, And his right eye is very dim!'

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    6My tongue doth cleave to my palate, If I do not remember thee, If I do not exalt Jerusalem above my chief joy.

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  • Isa 49:14-16
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    14And Zion saith, `Jehovah hath forsaken me, And my Lord hath forgotten me.'

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    16Lo, on the palms of the hand I have graven thee, Thy walls `are' before Me continually.

  • Ps 77:9-10
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    9Hath God forgotten `His' favours? Hath He shut up in anger His mercies? Selah.

    10And I say: `My weakness is, The changes of the right hand of the Most High.'

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    4How do we sing the song of Jehovah, On the land of a stranger?

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    8Be instructed, O Jerusalem, Lest My soul be alienated from thee, Lest I make thee a desolation, a land not inhabited.

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

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    109My soul `is' in my hand continually, And Thy law I have not forgotten.

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  • Jer 2:32
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    32Doth a virgin forget her ornaments? A bride her bands? And My people have forgotten Me days without number.

  • Lam 5:20
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    20Why for ever dost Thou forget us? Thou forsakest us for length of days!

  • Jer 23:39-40
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    39Therefore, lo, I -- I have taken you utterly away, And I have sent you out, And the city that I gave to you, And to your fathers, from before My face,

    40And I have put on you reproach age-during, And shame age-during that is not forgotten!

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    5I have remembered days of old, I have meditated on all Thine acts, On the work of Thy hand I muse.

    6I have spread forth my hands unto Thee, My soul `is' as a weary land for Thee. Selah.

  • Jer 51:50
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    50Ye escaped of the sword, go on, stand not, Remember ye from afar Jehovah, And let Jerusalem come up on your heart.

  • Jer 15:5
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    5For who hath pity on thee, O Jerusalem? And who doth bemoan for thee? And who turneth aside to ask of thy welfare?

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    22My shoulder from its blade let fall, And mine arm from the bone be broken.

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    12Arise, O Jehovah! O God, lift up Thy hand! Forget not the humble.

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    1By rivers of Babylon -- There we did sit, Yea, we wept when we remembered Zion.

  • Zeph 3:16
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    16In that day it is said to Jerusalem, `Fear not, O Zion, let not thy hands be feeble.

  • Lam 1:7
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    7Remembered hath Jerusalem `In' the days of her affliction and her mournings, all her desirable things that were from the days of old, In the falling of her people into the hand of an adversary, And she hath no helper; Seen her have adversaries, They have laughed at her cessation.

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    3O Jehovah, my God, if I have done this, If there is iniquity in my hands,

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    6Ask ye the peace of Jerusalem, At rest are those loving thee.

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    17Let Thy hand be on the man of Thy right hand, On the son of man Thou hast strengthened for Thyself.

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    139Cut me off hath my zeal, For mine adversaries forgot Thy words.

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    10Also there Thy hand doth lead me, And Thy right hand doth hold me.

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    5Jehovah `is' thy preserver, Jehovah `is' thy shade on thy right hand,

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    3His left hand `is' under my head, And his right doth embrace me.

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    2Our feet have been standing in thy gates, O Jerusalem!

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    11Why dost Thou turn back Thy hand, Even Thy right hand? From the midst of Thy bosom remove `it'.

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    5That Thy beloved ones may be drawn out, Save `with' Thy right hand, and answer us.

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    8Jehovah doth perfect for me, O Jehovah, Thy kindness `is' to the age, The works of Thy hands let not fall!

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    7Sins of my youth, and my transgressions, Do not Thou remember. According to Thy kindness be mindful of me, For Thy goodness' sake, O Jehovah.

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    176I wandered as a lost sheep, seek Thy servant, For Thy precepts I have not forgotten!

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    16In Thy statutes I delight myself, I do not forget Thy word.

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    16The right hand of Jehovah is exalted, The right hand of Jehovah is doing valiantly.

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    16Take a harp, go round the city, O forgotten harlot, play well, Multiply song that thou mayest be remembered.

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    17All this met us, and we did not forget Thee, Nor have we dealt falsely in Thy covenant.

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    17And Thou castest off from peace my soul, I have forgotten prosperity.

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    8Cleaved hath my soul after Thee, On me hath Thy right hand taken hold.

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    22Understand this, I pray you, Ye who are forgetting God, Lest I tear, and there is no deliverer.

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    14Ceased have my neighbours And my familiar friends have forgotten me,

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    21Remember these, O Jacob, and Israel, For My servant thou `art', I formed thee, a servant to Me thou `art', O Israel, thou dost not forget Me.

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    1A Song of the Ascents. Remember, Jehovah, for David, all his afflictions.