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Psalms 51:18

Psalms chapter 51 · verse 18 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: Build thou the walls of Jerusalem.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: Build thou the walls of Jerusalem.

Context

v.17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: A broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

v.18This passage

v.19Then wilt thou delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, In burnt-offering and whole burnt-offering: Then will they offer bullocks upon thine altar.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Philippians 2:13

    for it is God who worketh in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.

  • Psalms 137:5

    If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, Let my right hand forget her skill.

  • Psalms 25:22

    Redeem Israel, O God, Out of all his troubles.

  • Ephesians 1:5

    having foreordained us unto adoption as sons through Jesus Christ unto himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

  • Isaiah 58:12

    And 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.

  • Psalms 147:2

    Jehovah doth build up Jerusalem; He gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.