KJV King James Version
Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
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Psalm 51:18
Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
In Your good pleasure, cause Zion to prosper; build up the walls of Jerusalem.
WEB World English Bible
Do well in your good pleasure to Zion. Build the walls of Jerusalem.
ASV American Standard Version
Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: Build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Do good in Thy good pleasure with Zion, Thou dost build the walls of Jerusalem.
Surrounding context — Psalm 51
15 O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew 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 be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.
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Psalm 102:16When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.Philippians 2:13For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of [his] good pleasure.Psalm 122:6-9Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.Ephesians 1:5Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,Zechariah 2:5For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.Luke 12:32Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.2 Thessalonians 1:11Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of [this] calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of [his] goodness, and the work of faith with power:Isaiah 58:12And [they that shall be] of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.Isaiah 51:3For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.Isaiah 62:6-7I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, [which] shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence,Psalm 25:22Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.Micah 7:11[In] the day that thy walls are to be built, [in] that day shall the decree be far removed.Psalm 147:2The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.Nehemiah 2:17Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress 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.Isaiah 62:1For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp [that] burneth.Psalm 137:5-6If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget [her cunning].Ephesians 1:9Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:Psalm 69:35For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.
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