...Jerusalem, let ray right hand forget her cunning. 6. 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." The whole nation may be supposed in these words to declare, as one man, that neither the afflictions...

...song in a strange land 1 '" If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. to the roof of my mouth ; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.' " The women had raised their veils, and put back their caps from their ears to listen more intently...

...harps upon the willows in the midst thereof: for there', they that carried us away captive', demanded of us a song'; and they that wasted us', required...mouth', if I prefer not Jerusalem* above my chief joy'. Version of the same. — BARLOW. ALONQ the banks where Babel's current' flows', Our captive bands in...

...the sentiments so beautifully recorded in the 137th Psalm. — If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember...mouth. If I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy. Among these, Ezra was pre-eminently distinguished. He was a man of superior learning, and unquestionable...

...affections? Solely because they were in a strange land! ' If I forget thee, O Jerusalem,' they cried, 'let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember...mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy 1 .' And in accordance with this feeling, the first object which brought back the Jews in any great...

...with corresponding fervour recited the next words, "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.'1 When they had completed the portion, Alick whispered, ' Who is the daughter of Babylon...

...countenance a melancholy cast, and reflective expression. " By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down ; yea, we wept when we remembered Zion. We hanged our...mouth ; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy." (Psalm cxxxvii.) Such was the sorrowful lament of the Hebrew captives. It proves the estimation in...

...devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched. " IF I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember...mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy." This was the utterance of generous patriotism, and of ardent piety. To every true-hearted Jew, his...

...Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her canning. If I do not remember thcc. let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.* (Psalms 137-5-6). I call attention to the law passed last year which would redress a longstanding alight...

...man, we may guess, suggests a mood found in the 13 7th Psalm: If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember...mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy. Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to...