6If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to my palate: if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.


In Context

3 For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that made us wail required mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.

4 How should we sing a song of Jehovah's upon a foreign soil?

5 If I forget thee, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill;

6 If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to my palate: if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.

7 Remember, O Jehovah, against the sons of Edom, the day of Jerusalem; who said, Lay it bare, Lay it bare, down to its foundation!

8 Daughter of Babylon, who art to be laid waste, happy he that rendereth unto thee that which thou hast meted out to us.

Psalm 137:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

137:6If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

137:6May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not consider Jerusalem my highest joy.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

137:6Let my tongue cleave to my jaws, if I do not remember thee: If I make not Jerusalem the beginning of my joy.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

137:6Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, If I remember thee not; If I prefer not Jerusalem Above my chief joy.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

137:6Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if I remember thee not; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

137:6If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

137:6Let 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

137:6My tongue doth cleave to my palate, If I do not remember thee, If I do not exalt Jerusalem above my chief joy.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

137:6If I do not remember you, let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.