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Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth, If I don`t remember you; If I don`t prefer Jerusalem above my chief joy.
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God's Kingdom First
The psalmist vows to place Jerusalem "above my chief joy." Commentators clarify this means prioritizing the well-being of God's people over even the greatest personal, worldly joys, such as family happiness or other legitimate pleasures. For believers, this is a call to make the church and God's kingdom the supreme priority, ordering all other loves and joys beneath it.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
If I do not remember thee—Equivalent to, “If I forget thee.” If I ever fail to remember you; if I should ever act as if I had forgo…
19th Century
Baptist
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 …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
If I do not remember thee In prayer, in discourse, in conversation; this is the same as before, to forget, repeated …
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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…
