Psalms 51:18
(51:20) Do good in thy favor unto Zion; build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
Leeser Tanakh
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 misery in which we are, how Jerusalem lieth in ruins, and its gates are burnt with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we may no more be for a reproach.
Psalms 40:7(40:8) Then said I, Lo, I come: in the roll of the book it is written down for me;
Psalms 102:16(102:17) When the Lord shalt have built up Zion, he appeareth in his glory;
Psalms 137:5If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, may my right hand forget—.
Isaiah 51:3Yea, the Lord hath comforted Zion; he hath comforted all her ruins; and he hath made her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord: gladness and joy shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of song.
Isaiah 62:1For the sake of Zion will I not be silent, and for the sake of Jerusalem will I not be quiet; until its righteousness go forth as the brightness [of light], and its salvation as a burning torch.
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 →