Psalms 137:6
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“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.”
שִׂמְחָה
Joy, gladness, rejoicing. Simchah. Serve the LORD with gladness. Joy is not a mood. It is a choice to celebrate what God has done regardless of circumstances.
דָּבַק
may it cleave
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דָּבַק
Cleave, cling, hold fast. Dabaq. A husband shall cleave to his wife. The same word used for clinging to God. The deepest human bonds mirror our bond with God.
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עָלָה
I will lift up
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עָלָה
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
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לָשׁוֹן
tongue/ my
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לָשׁוֹן
Tongue, language. Lashon. Death and life are in the power of the tongue. What you say shapes your world. Speak life not death.
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עַל
above
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עַל
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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זָכַר
I will remember/ you
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זָכַר
To remember, to be mindful. Zakar. What is man that You are mindful of him? God thinks about you. That is the miracle.
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רֹאשׁ
the chief of
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רֹאשׁ
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
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יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם
Jerusalem
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יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם
Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
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