Psalm 137:6 Parallel Translations

Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I don't remember you, if I don't consider Jerusalem my highest joy.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

If I let you go out of my thoughts, and if I do not put Jerusalem before my greatest joy, let my tongue be fixed to the roof of my mouth.

DBY:

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

ERV:

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

JPS:

Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if I remember thee not; if I set not Jerusalem above my chiefest joy.

WBS:

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

WEB:

Let 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.

YLT:

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

Psalm 137:6 Cross References

XREF:

Nehemiah 2:3 I said to the king, "Let the king live forever. Why should my face not be sad when the city, the place of my fathers' tombs, lies desolate and its gates have been consumed by fire?"

Job 29:10 The voice of the nobles was hushed, And their tongue stuck to their palate.

Psalm 22:15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd, And my tongue cleaves to my jaws; And You lay me in the dust of death.

Ezekiel 3:26 "Moreover, I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth so that you will be mute and cannot be a man who rebukes them, for they are a rebellious house. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

137:6 If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my {e} chief joy.
(e) The decay of God's religion in their country was so grievous that no joy could make them glad, unless it was restored.

WES:

137:6 If - If I do not value Jerusalem's prosperity more than all other delights.

MHC:

137:5-9 What we love, we love to think of. Those that rejoice in God, for his sake make Jerusalem their joy. They stedfastly resolved to keep up this affection. When suffering, we should recollect with godly sorrow our forfeited mercies, and our sins by which we lost them. If temporal advantages ever render a profession, the worst calamity has befallen him. Far be it from us to avenge ourselves; we will leave it to Him who has said, Vengeance is mine. Those that are glad at calamities, especially at the calamities of Jerusalem, shall not go unpunished. We cannot pray for promised success to the church of God without looking to, though we do not utter a prayer for, the ruin of her enemies. But let us call to mind to whose grace and finished salvation alone it is, that we have any hopes of being brought home to the heavenly Jerusalem.

CONC:

Chief Chiefest Cleave Cling Consider Exalt Fixed Greatest Highest Jerusalem Joy Mouth Palate Prefer Remember Roof Stick Thoughts Tongue

Chief Chiefest Cleave Cling Consider Exalt Fixed Greatest Highest Jerusalem Joy Mouth Prefer Remember Roof Stick Thoughts Tongue

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