Psalms 51:18
Bee fauourable vnto Zion for thy good pleasure: builde the walles of Ierusalem.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
In Context
Cross References
Nehemiah 2:17Afterward I said vnto them, Ye see the miserie that we are in, how Ierusalem lyeth waste, and the gates thereof are burnt with fire: come and let vs buylde the wall of Ierusalem, that we be no more a reproche.
Psalms 40:7Then said I, Lo, I come: for in the rolle of the booke it is written of me,
Psalms 102:16When the Lord shall build vp Zion, and shall appeare in his glory,
Psalms 137:5If I forget thee, O Ierusalem, let my right hand forget to play.
Isaiah 51:3Surely the Lord shall comfort Zion: he shall comfort all her desolations, and he shall make her desert like Eden, and her wildernes like the garden of the Lord: ioy and gladnesse shalbe founde therein: praise, and the voyce of singing.
Isaiah 62:1For Zions sake I will not holde my tongue, and for Ierusalems sake I wil not rest, vntil the righteousnes thereof breake foorth as the light, and saluation thereof as a burning lampe.
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 →