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Psalms 51:18

Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.

KJV

Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: Build thou the walls of Jerusalem.

ASV

כִּ֤י לֹא תַחְפֹּ֣ץ זֶ֣בַח וְ/אֶתֵּ֑נָה ע֝וֹלָ֗ה לֹ֣א תִרְצֶֽה

Hebrew

Do good in Thy good pleasure with Zion, Thou dost build the walls of Jerusalem.

YLT

Do well in your good pleasure to Zion. Build the walls of Jerusalem.

WEB

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

זֶ֣בַח
zbch
noun · 160×
חָפֵ֥ץ
chpts
verb · 74×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
ם
m
verb · 57×
עֹלָ֖ה
'lh
noun · 288×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Thess 1:11 — Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power:
  • 2Thess 1:11 — Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power:
  • Eph 1:5 — Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
  • Isa 62:1 — For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.
  • Jer 31:4 — Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.
  • Luke 12:32 — Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
  • Neh 2:20 — Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.
  • Phil 2:13 — For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
  • Ps 25:22 — Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.
  • Ps 25:22 — Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.
  • Ps 66:13 — I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows,
  • Ps 69:35 — For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.
  • Ps 102:13 — Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.
  • Ps 102:16 — When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.
  • Ps 118:27 — God is the LORD, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.
  • Ps 122:6 — Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.
  • Ps 122:6 — Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.
  • Ps 125:4 — Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts.
  • Ps 141:5 — Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.
  • Ps 147:2 — The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.
  • Ps 147:2 — The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.
  • Ps 147:13 — For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.
  • Rev 21:12 — And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:
  • Zech 2:5 — For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.