NET Bible
"If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand be crippled!"
— Psalms 137:5, NET Bible
“If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.”
“If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, Let my right hand forget her skill. ”
“If I forget you, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill.”
“And let them sing in the ways of the Lord: for great is the glory of the Lord.”
“If I keep not your memory, O Jerusalem, let not my right hand keep the memory of its art.”
“If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.”
On the poplars in her midst we hang our harps,
for there our captors ask us to compose songs; those who mock us demand that we be happy, saying:“Sing for us a song about Zion!”
How can we sing a song to the LORD in a foreign land?
If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand be crippled!
May 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.
Remember, O LORD, what the Edomites did on the day Jerusalem fell. They said,“Tear it down, tear it down, right to its very foundation!”
O daughter Babylon, soon to be devastated! How blessed will be the one who repays you for what you dished out to us!