George Leo Haydock, on Ps 136:5

“If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand be forgotten.”

“Forgotten. May all that is most dear to us perish, if we do not serve God, (Worthington) and seek to procure the welfare of Jerusalem. (Haydock) — Yet they knew that the joy of their earthly abode in that city could not satisfy their desires. They allude, therefore, ultimately to heaven. (Berthier)”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.