 | Vermont gen. assembly, senate - 1845 - 390 pages
...affection, and our untiring efforts for her good. In regard to her let us say,— If I forget thee let my right hand forget her cunning ; if I do not remember...tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if I prefer thee not above my chief joy. In conclusion, I need hardly say to the representatives of a Christian... | |
 | Alexander Watson - 1845 - 612 pages
...the house of the LORD our GOD, I will seek to do thee good."2 " If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, yea, if I prefer not Jerusalem in my mirth."3 In all such... | |
 | Khalid A. Sulaiman - 1984 - 260 pages
...no less intense than the sentiments expressed by the Psalmist: If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if 1 prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy. 51 In fact,... | |
 | Larry Collins, Dominique Lapierre - 1988 - 646 pages
...CREDITS 638 How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land? If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember...roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my highest joys. The song of the exiled children of Israel, sung by the waters of Babylon Psalm 137 O... | |
 | Robert Farrar Capon - 1994 - 192 pages
...the passion/Passion that creates and restores our greatness. "If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; yea, if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy" (Ps. 137:5-6).... | |
 | Gabriel Josipovici - 1990 - 376 pages
...of Zion. How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land? If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if 1 prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy. (Ps. 137:1-6)... | |
 | Graham Hancock - 1993 - 612 pages
...of Zion. How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land? If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember...roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.79 This physical exile of an entire people was not to last for very long. Nebuchadnezzar... | |
 | Frederick Douglass - 1994 - 1226 pages
...songs of Zion. How can we sing the Lord's song in a strange land? If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth." Fellow-citizens, above your national, tumultuous joy, I... | |
 | Robert Farrar Capon - 1995 - 388 pages
...Babylon we sat down and wept, when we remembered thee, O Sion. If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; yea, if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy." The Humanity... | |
 | Avi Erlich - 2010 - 298 pages
...elsewhere: "How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land? If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth." The emphasis here is on Jerusalem as a signifying place... | |
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If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth... 
