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OET-LV If forget_you Oh_Yərūshālayim may_it_forget right_hand_my.
UHB אִֽם־אֶשְׁכָּחֵ֥ךְ יְֽרוּשָׁלִָ֗ם תִּשְׁכַּ֥ח יְמִינִֽי׃ ‡
(ʼim-ʼeshəⱪāḩēk yərūshālāim tishəⱪaḩ yəmīniy.)
Key: yellow:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT If I forget you, Jerusalem,
⇔ let my right hand forget
UST If I forget about Jerusalem, I hope that my right hand will wither
⇔ so that I will be unable to play my harp!
BSB If I forget you, O Jerusalem,
⇔ may my right hand cease to function.
OEB If I forget you, Jerusalem,
⇔ may my right hand wither.
WEB If I forget you, Jerusalem,
⇔ let my right hand forget its skill.
NET If I forget you, O Jerusalem,
⇔ may my right hand be crippled!
LSV If I forget you, O Jerusalem, my right hand forgets!
FBV If I forget Jerusalem, may my right hand forget how to play;[fn]
137:5 Play music.
T4T ⇔ If I forget about Jerusalem [APO], Iet my right hand wither
⇔ with the result that I will be unable to play my harp
LEB • let my right hand forget.[fn]
?:? That is, how to play a musical instrument
BBE If I keep not your memory, O Jerusalem, let not my right hand keep the memory of its art.
MOF Jerusalem, if ever I forget thee,
⇔ withered be this my hand!
JPS If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.
ASV If I forget thee, O Jerusalem,
⇔ Let my right hand forget her skill.
DRA And let them sing in the ways of the Lord: for great is the glory of the Lord.
YLT If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, my right hand forgetteth!
DBY If I forget thee, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget [its skill];
RV If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.
WBS If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her skill .
KJB If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.
(If I forget thee, O Yerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. )
BB If I forget thee O Hierusalem: let my right hande forget her cunning.
(If I forget thee O Yerusalem: let my right hand forget her cunning.)
GNV If I forget thee, O Ierusalem, let my right hand forget to play.
(If I forget thee, O Yerusalem, let my right hand forget to play. )
CB Yf I forget the (o Ierusalem) let my right hande be forgotten.
(If I forget the (o Yerusalem) let my right hand be forgotten.)
WYC And singe thei in the weies of the Lord; for the glorie of the Lord is greet.
(And singe they in the ways of the Lord; for the glory of the Lord is great.)
LUT Vergesse ich dein, Jerusalem, so werde meiner Rechten vergessen!
(Vergesse I dein, Yerusalem, so become my Rechten vergessen!)
CLV Et cantent in viis Domini, quoniam magna est gloria Domini;[fn]
(And cantent in viis Domini, quoniam magna it_is gloria Domini;)
137.5 Magna est gloria. ID. Si humiles sunt, hoc amant et cantant, nam si se extulerint, timeant quod sequitur. Quoniam excelsus Dominus. Humilia respicit. CASS. Non est hic humana conditio, ubi humilis despicitur, superbus respicitur; sed Dominus humiles respicit. Alta a longe cognoscit. AUG. Non hoc agit superbus, etc., usque ad lugentes hunc incolatum, unde subditur.
137.5 Magna it_is gloria. ID. When/But_if humiles are, hoc amant and cantant, nam when/but_if se extulerint, timeant that sequitur. Quoniam excelsus Master. Humilia respicit. CASS. Non it_is this humana conditio, ubi humilis despicitur, superbus respicitur; but Master humiles respicit. Alta a longe cognoscit. AUG. Non hoc agit superbus, etc., usque to lugentes this_one incolatum, whence subditur.
BRN And let them sing in the ways of the Lord; for great is the glory of the Lord.
BrLXX Καὶ ᾀσάτωσαν ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς Κυρίου, ὅτι μεγάλη ἡ δόξα Κυρίου.
(Kai ᾀsatōsan en tais hodois Kuriou, hoti megalaʸ haʸ doxa Kuriou. )
Ps 137 In response to the pain of exile (137:1-4), the psalmist resolves to remember Jerusalem even though the memories cause him pain (137:4-6). He also writes an astounding imprecation, or prayer for vengeance (137:7-9).
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / personification
If I ignore the memory of you, Jerusalem
(Some words not found in UHB: if forget,you Yərūshālayim forget right_hand,my )
The writer speaks as if Jerusalem is listening to him. Alternate translation: “If I act as if I did not remember you, Jerusalem” or “If I try to forget you, Jerusalem” (See also: figs-apostrophe)
right hand
(Some words not found in UHB: if forget,you Yərūshālayim forget right_hand,my )
the hand most people use most often