Commentaries and Other Bible Study Helps - Prayer Tents - Prayer Tents

137:4-6 May We Never Forget Jerusalem. To a pious Judean, the request of v. 3 would be like asking him to forget . . . Jerusalem, which would be an act of treachery against God, his covenant, and his people. His prayer is that if he should consent to such treachery, the very right hand that would play the lyre would instead forget its skill, and the tongue that might sing would instead stick to the roof of my mouth (cf. Job 29:10; Lam. 4:4; Ezek. 3:26).