Psalms 51:18
Do good to Zion according to thy mercy; Build up the walls of Jerusalem!
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 40:7Therefore I said, “Lo, I come; In the scroll of the book it is prescribed to me;
Psalms 102:16For Jehovah will build up Zion; He will appear in his glory.
Psalms 137:5If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, Let my right hand forget her cunning!
Isaiah 51:3Thus will Jehovah have pity upon Zion; He will have pity upon all her desolations. He will make her wilderness like Eden, 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 I will not keep silence, And for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, Until her deliverance break forth like the shining light, And her salvation like a blazing 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 →