Psalm 137:5

Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand cease to function.

In context

3 for there our captors requested a song; our tormentors demanded songs of joy: “Sing us a song of Zion.”

4 How can we sing a song of the LORD in a foreign land?

5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand cease to function.

6 May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy!

7 Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “tear it down to its foundations!”

BSB Berean Standard Bible: If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand cease to function.
KJV King James Version: If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.
WEB World English Bible: If I forget you, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill.
ASV American Standard Version: If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, Let my right hand forget her skill.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, my right hand forgetteth!
DBY Darby Translation: If I forget thee, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget [its skill];
WBS Webster Bible: If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her skill .