Psalms 137:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chiefc joy. ”

Psalms 137:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

If I do not remember thee - Equivalent to, “If I forget thee.” If I ever fail to remember thee; if I shall ever act as if I had forgotten thee. Singing in a strange land, among those who had perp...
Psalms 137:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my (e) chief joy. (e) The decay of God's religion in their country was so grievous that no jo...
Psalms 137:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

CXXXVII. The Bitter Memory of Babylon. The vivid picture of the exiles in their home-sickness, the mockery of their foreign masters, their love for Zion, the mention of Edom, and the savage thirst...
Psalms 137:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy. Let my tongue cleave - Let me lose my voice, and all its powers of melody; my to...
Psalms 137:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Let my right hand forget her cunning, &c.— There is nothing for her cunning in the original. The plain meaning is, "May my right hand forget to play upon the harp; may my tongue cleave to...
Psalms 137:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy. If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth...
Psalms 137:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

A lifelike memorial of the bitter experiences of exile concluding with ( a ) a strong expression of patriotism, and ( b ) an outburst of hatred against the enemies of Jerusalem. Probably written soon...
Psalms 137:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 137:1-9 THE captivity is past, as the tenses in Psalms 137:1-3 show, and as is manifest from the very fact that its miseries have become themes for a psalm. Grief must be somewhat removed...
Psalms 137:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Loyalty in Adversity Psalms 137:1-9 It seems as if the exiles had withdrawn from the city, with its distractions, to some natural retreat beside the Euphrates. They had brought their harps with...
Psalms 137:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This is a song of memory. From the midst of the circumstances of restoration the singer looks back to days of captivity and sorrow. The picture is graphic. Babylon was far from their own land, and fa...
Psalms 137:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I hope the Lord's Israel at all times feels somewhat of this same spirit. It is blessed to feel the love of Jesus in seasons when Jesus is opposed, and to have this testimony in the worst of times. P...
Psalms 137:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

If I do not remember thee ,.... In prayer, in discourse, in conversation; this is the same as before, to forget, repeated for the confirmation of it; let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth ;...
Psalms 137:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy. Ver. 6. If I do not remember thee ] Hi gemitus Sanctorum sunt gemitus Spirit...
Psalms 137:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 137:5-6 . If I forget thee, O Jerusalem If I do not retain a deep and sorrowful sense of thy desolations, though never so far removed from thee; or if I indulge myself in mirth and jollity,...
Psalms 137:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Sorrows of Captivity. 1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. 2 We...
Psalms 137:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Remember thee with affection and sympathy, so as to damp my joys. Cleave to the roof of my mouth; be made uncapable of singing, or speaking, or moving, as it is in some diseases. Compare Job 29...
Psalms 137:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION “There can be no doubt whatever,” says Perowne, “as to the time when this Psalm was written. It expresses the feeling of an exile who has but just returned from the land of his captivit...
Psalms 137:6 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 137:1-19 . By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. Babylon was full of canals and riv...
Psalms 137:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

This psalm has no title, but it was evidently composed in Babylon; and it would seem from the latter part, only a little while before Cyrus took the city. It was probably composed by the prophet Hagg...
Psalms 137:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept. The tears of memory and the cry for vengeance I. The tears of memory ( Psalms 137:1-6 ). 1. Their sorrow had reference to the loss...
Psalms 137:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION " THE most direct and striking reminiscence of the Babylonish exile in the whole Psalter" (Professor Alexander). The psalm divides into two parts. First, we are given a picture of th...
Psalms 137:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Song of Grief of the Captive Jews. The unknown poet here records the deep grief and mourning of the Jews during the Babylonian captivity and includes a prayer for the destruction of their enemies,...
Psalms 137:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Thessalonians 3:7-9 ; Acts 20:24 ; Ezekiel 3:26 ; Isaiah 41:17 ; Lamentations 4:4 ; Matthew 6:33 ; Philippians 1:20 ; Psalms 22:15 ; Psalms 84:10
Psalms 137:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

If — If I do not value Jerusalem's prosperity more than all other delights.

Psalms 137:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 137:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 137:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 137:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 137:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 137:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 137:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 137:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 137:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 137:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 137:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 137:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 137:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 137:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 137:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 137:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 137:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 137:6 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 137:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 137:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 137:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 137:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 137:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 137:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes