Psalm 137:6 {136:6}
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Let my tongue cleave to my jaws, if I do not remember thee: If I make not Jerusalem the beginning of my joy.

let my tongue

Psalm 22:15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue hath cleaved to my jaws: and thou hast brought me down into the dust of death.

Isaiah 41:17 The needy and the poor seek for waters, and there are none: their tongue hath been dry with thirst. I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.

Lamentations 4:4 Daleth. The tongue of the sucking child hath stuck to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the little ones have asked for bread, and there was none to break it unto them.

Ezekiel 3:26 And I will make thy tongue stick fast to the roof of thy mouth, and thou shalt be dumb, and not as a man that reproveth: because they are a provoking house.

if I prefer

Psalm 84:10 For better is one day in thy courts above thousands. I have chosen to be an abject in the house of my God, rather than to dwell in the tabernacles of sinners.

Matthew 6:33 Seek ye therefore first the kingdom of God, and his justice, and all these things shall be added unto you.

Acts 20:24 But I fear none of these things, neither do I count my life more precious than myself, so that I may consummate my course and the ministry of the word which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

Philippians 1:20 According to my expectation and hope; that in nothing I shall be confounded: but with all confidence, as always, so now also, shall Christ be magnified in my body, whether it be by life or by death.

1 Thessalonians 3:7-9 Therefore we were comforted, brethren, in you, in all our necessity and tribulation, by your faith. . . .

my chief joy.

Context
By the Rivers of Babylon
5If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand be forgotten. 6Let my tongue cleave to my jaws, if I do not remember thee: If I make not Jerusalem the beginning of my joy.7Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom, in the day of Jerusalem: Who say: Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.…
Cross References
Nehemiah 2:3
And I said to the king: O king, live for ever: why should not my countenance be sorrowful, seeing the city of the place of the sepulchres of my fathers is desolate, and the gates thereof are burnt with fire?

Job 29:10
The rulers held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to their throat.

Psalm 22:15
My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue hath cleaved to my jaws: and thou hast brought me down into the dust of death.

Isaiah 66:10
Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all you that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all you that mourn for her.

Jeremiah 51:50
You that have escaped the sword, come away, stand not still: remember the Lord afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.

Ezekiel 3:26
And I will make thy tongue stick fast to the roof of thy mouth, and thou shalt be dumb, and not as a man that reproveth: because they are a provoking house.

Lexicon
May my tongue
לְשׁוֹנִ֨י ׀ (lə·šō·w·nî)
Noun - common singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3956: The tongue

cling
תִּדְבַּ֥ק־ (tiḏ·baq-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1692: To impinge, cling, adhere, to catch by pursuit

to the roof of my mouth
לְחִכִּי֮ (lə·ḥik·kî)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 2441: Palate, roof of the mouth, gums

if
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

I do not
לֹ֪א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

remember you,
אֶ֫זְכְּרֵ֥כִי (’ez·kə·rê·ḵî)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2142: To mark, to remember, to mention, to be male

if
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

I do not
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

exalt
אַ֭עֲלֶה (’a·‘ă·leh)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5927: To ascend, in, actively

Jerusalem
יְרוּשָׁלִַ֑ם (yə·rū·šā·lim)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3389: Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel

as
עַ֝֗ל (‘al)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

my greatest
רֹ֣אשׁ (rōš)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7218: The head

joy!
שִׂמְחָתִֽי׃ (śim·ḥā·ṯî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 8057: Blithesomeness, glee


Additional Translations
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!If I do not remember you, let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.

Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, If I remember thee not; If I prefer not Jerusalem Above my chief joy.

May my tongue cleave to my throat, if I do not remember thee; if I do not prefer Jerusalem as the chief of my joy.

If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to my palate: if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.

Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if I remember thee not; 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; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.

Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I don't remember you; if I don't prefer Jerusalem above my chief joy.

My tongue doth cleave to my palate, If I do not remember thee, If I do not exalt Jerusalem above my chief joy.
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