4 How can we sing the songs of the Lord

while in a foreign land?

5 If I forget you, Jerusalem,

may my right hand forget its skill.

4 How shall we sing the Lord’s song

In a strange land?

5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem,

Let my right hand forget her cunning.

4 But how can we sing the songs of the Lord

while in a pagan land?

5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem,

let my right hand forget how to play the harp.

4 How shall we sing the Lord’s song

In a foreign land?

5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem,

Let my right hand forget its skill!

4 But we cannot sing songs about the Lord

while we are in this foreign country!

5 Jerusalem, if I forget you,

let my right hand lose its skill.

4 How shall we sing Jehovah’s song

In a foreign land?

5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem,

Let my right hand forget her skill.

4 How should we sing a song of Jehovah’s upon a foreign soil? 5 If I forget thee, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill;

4 How could we sing the Lord’s song in a foreign land? 

5 If I forget you, Jerusalem, 

let my right hand forget ⸤how to play the lyre⸥. 

4 How can we sing the Lord’s song

on foreign soil?

5 If I forget you, Jerusalem,

may my right hand forget its skill.

4 How could we sing the Lord’s song

in a foreign land?

5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem,

let my right hand wither!

4 How could we sing the song of Yahweh

in a foreign land?

5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem,

let my right hand forget.

4 How can we sing the songs of the Lord

while we are in another land?

5 Jerusalem, if I forget you,

may my right hand never be able to play the harp again.

4 How can we sing the Lord’s song

In a foreign land?

5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem,

May my right hand forget her skill.