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Zeal for Zion

How can we sing a song of the Lord on foreign soil?
If I forget you, Jerusalem,
may my right hand forget how to play music.[a]
May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth
if I do not remember you,
if I do not exalt Jerusalem above my highest joy.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 137:5 The words how to play music are supplied to clarify the point of reference.

How can we sing the songs of the Lord(A)
    while in a foreign land?
If I forget you,(B) Jerusalem,
    may my right hand forget its skill.
May my tongue cling to the roof(C) of my mouth
    if I do not remember(D) you,
if I do not consider Jerusalem(E)
    my highest joy.

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