If I forget thee, O Jerusalem - The meaning here is that to sing in such circumstances would seem to imply that they had forgotten …

Her cunning — i.e., the skill of playing on the harp. If at such a moment the poet can so far forget the miserable bondag…

"No," they said, "if we were to make mirth for the Babylonians, we would be doing serious damage to Zion, and we would be traitors to Jerusalem"; s…

If I shall forget thee, O Jerusalem! This confirms what was said in the previous verse and leaves us in no difficulty to understand what t…

If I forget thee, O Jerusalem This was said by one or everyone of the Levites; or singers, as Aben Ezra and Kimchi; or by…

What we love, we love to think of. Those who rejoice in God, for His sake make Jerusalem their joy. They steadfastly resolved to keep up this affec…