 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. 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 Poems of Ossian: &c - Page 200by James Macpherson - 1805Full view - About this book
 | Religion - 1853 - 1142 pages
...remembered Zion ; as they once exclaimed in the bitterness of grief, " If I forget thee, 0 Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning ; if I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth," so, with correspondent emotions, when the Lord brought back... | |
 | Rev. John BARR (of Glasgow.) - Christian life - 1831 - 348 pages
...citizens of Zion every one of them can cordially join in saying, " If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. 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... | |
 | William Jay - Families - 1833 - 518 pages
...Though he himself was advanced and provided for, yet said he, " if I forget thee, О Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. 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." When the temple... | |
 | Village Pastor - Christian life - 1831 - 206 pages
...captives who were mingling their tears with the waters of Babylon: "If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning ; 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." You live... | |
 | Bible - 1832 - 606 pages
...purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works." "If I forget thee, 0 Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. 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." 2. Such a... | |
 | William Cuninghame - Bible - 1832 - 698 pages
...mortifying the flesh by fasting for the desolations of Jerusalem. " If I forget thee O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning, 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," (Ps. cxxxvii.... | |
 | Jacques Samuel Pons, Richard Cattermole - 1832 - 342 pages
...breath, my prayers and blessings shall be poured forth for thee: " Ir I FORGET THEE, O JERUSALEM! LET MT RIGHT HAND FORGET HER CUNNING. IF I DO NOT REMEMBER THEE, LET MT TONGUE CLEAVE TO THE ROOF OF MT MOUTH." "FOR MT BRETHREN' AND COMPANIONS' SAKE*, I WILL SAT, PEACE... | |
 | Leitch Ritchie - 1833 - 334 pages
..." < How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land? " ' If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. " ' 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 women... | |
 | Christian life - 1833 - 190 pages
...' How shall we sing the songs of the Lord in a strange land ! If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. 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.' No associations... | |
 | Robert Vaughan - Christianity - 1834 - 464 pages
...all faithful men have a place, it should not be too much for us to say : — If I forget thee let my right hand forget her cunning ; if I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not thee above my chief joy.- The very dust of... | |
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