Psalms 137:5

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Psalms 137:3–7 · Berean Standard Bible

3 for there our captors requested a song; our tormentors demanded songs of joy: “Sing us a song of Zion.”

4 How can we sing a song of the LORD in a foreign land?

5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand cease to function.

6 May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy!

7 Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “tear it down to its foundations!”

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Psalms 84:1

How lovely is Your dwelling place, O LORD of Hosts!

Psalms 84:2

My soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

Psalms 84:10

For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.

Psalms 102:13

You will rise up and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show her favor— the appointed time has come.

Psalms 102:14

For Your servants delight in her stones and take pity on her dust.

Psalms 122:5

For there the thrones of judgment stand, the thrones of the house of David.

Psalms 122:6

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May those who love you prosper.

Psalms 122:7

May there be peace within your walls, and prosperity inside your fortresses.”

Psalms 122:8

For the sake of my brothers and friends, I will say, “Peace be within you.”

Psalms 122:9

For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek your prosperity.

Nehemiah 1:2

Hanani, one of my brothers, arrived with men from Judah. So I questioned them about the remnant of the Jews who had survived the exile, and also about Jerusalem.

Nehemiah 1:3

And they told me, “The remnant who survived the exile are there in the province, in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates are burned with fire.”

Nehemiah 1:4

When I heard these words, I sat down and wept. I mourned for days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven.

Nehemiah 2:2

so the king said to me, “Why is your face sad, though you are not ill? This could only be sadness of the heart.” I was overwhelmed with fear

Nehemiah 2:3

and replied to the king, “May the king live forever! Why should I not be sad when the city where my fathers are buried lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?”

Isaiah 62:1

For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep still, until her righteousness shines like a bright light, her salvation like a blazing torch.

Isaiah 62:6

On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the LORD shall take no rest for yourselves,

Isaiah 62:7

nor give Him any rest until He establishes Jerusalem and makes her the praise of the earth.

Jeremiah 51:50

You who have escaped the sword, depart and do not linger! Remember the LORD from far away, and let Jerusalem come to mind.”

Daniel 6:10

Now when Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went into his house, where the windows of his upper room opened toward Jerusalem, and three times a day he got down on his knees, prayed, and gave thanks to his God, just as he had done before.

Daniel 6:11

Then these men went as a group and found Daniel petitioning and imploring his God.

Zechariah 11:17

Woe to the worthless shepherd, who deserts the flock! May a sword strike his arm and his right eye! May his arm be completely withered and his right eye utterly blinded!”