Psalms 137:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Her cunningi.e., the skill of playing on the harp. If at such a moment the poet can so far forget the miserable bondage of Jerusalem as to strike the strings in joy, may his hand for ever lose the skill to touch them.

Psalms 137:5

5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.