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


In Context

3 For there our captors asked us the words of a song, And our spoilers — joy: 'Sing ye to us of a song of Zion.'

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

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

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

7 Remember, Jehovah, for the sons of Edom, The day of Jerusalem, Those saying, 'Rase, rase to its foundation!'

8 O daughter of Babylon, O destroyed one, O the happiness of him who repayeth to thee thy deed, That thou hast done 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

137:6If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to my palate: 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 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.