Psalms 51:18
Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: Build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
In Context
Cross References
Nehemiah 2:17Then said I unto them, Ye see the evil case that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.
Psalms 40:7Then said I, Lo, I am come; In the roll of the book it is written of me:
Psalms 102:16For Jehovah hath built up Zion; He hath appeared in his glory.
Psalms 137:5If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, Let my right hand forget [her skill].
Isaiah 51:3For Jehovah hath comforted Zion; he hath comforted all her waste places, and hath made her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of Jehovah; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
Isaiah 62:1For Zion`s sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem`s sake I will not rest, until her righteousness go forth as brightness, and her salvation as a lamp that burneth.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 51:15-19
Penitential Petitions. 14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. 15 O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall show forth thy praise. 16 For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering. 17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. 18 Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem. 19 Then shalt thou… Read the whole commentary →