Psalms 51:18
Do well in your good pleasure to Zion. Build the walls of Jerusalem.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
In Context
17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. O God, you will not despise a broken and contrite heart.
Cross References
Nehemiah 2:17Then I said to them, “You see the bad situation that we are in, how Jerusalem lies waste, and its gates are burnt with fire. Come, let’s build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we won’t be disgraced.”
Psalms 40:7Then I said, “Behold, I have come. It is written about me in the book in the scroll.
Psalms 102:16For the LORD has built up Zion. He has appeared in his glory.
Psalms 137:5If I forget you, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill.
Isaiah 51:3For the LORD has comforted Zion. He has comforted all her waste places, and has made her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found in them, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
Isaiah 62:1For Zion’s sake I will not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until her righteousness shines out like the dawn, and her salvation like a burning lamp.
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 →