Psalms 137:5
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Psalms 137:5 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Psalms 137:5 is a verse from the book of Psalms in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Psalms 137:5 — KJV
“If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.”
— Psalms 137:5 (KJV)
Psalms 137:5 in Context — About the Book of Psalms
Psalms is the Bible's prayer book — 150 songs covering every emotion a praying person will ever feel: praise, panic, gratitude, grief, fury, and quiet trust. For three thousand years believers have borrowed these words when their own run out. If you can feel it, there is a psalm for it.
Cross-References for Psalms 137:5
“Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king's high way, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders.”
Shares key themes with Psalms 137:5: let, right, hand
“Let me pass through thy land: I will go along by the high way, I will neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left.”
Shares key themes with Psalms 137:5: let, right, hand
“Let our lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to seek out a man, who is a cunning player on an harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well.”
Shares key themes with Psalms 137:5: let, hand, cunning
“Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.”
Shares key themes with Psalms 137:5: jerusalem, let, hand
“And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile. the mount...: that is, the mount of Olives”
Shares key themes with Psalms 137:5: jerusalem, right, hand
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